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PEPC was pleased to respond to a Senate HELP Committee Request for Information (RFI) on the health care workforce, including drivers of the health care workforce shortage and potential solutions. Independent practices and physicians are facing major workforce challenges stemming from health care consolidation, inadequate reimbursement, and entrenched fee-for-service (FFS) policies, all of which are …

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PEPC appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the proposed Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and Part C and Part D Payment Policies (Advance Notice). As outlined in the letter, we appreciate the steps taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to …

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As part of PEPC’s work advocating for the role of independent physicians in value-based care, PEPC is proud to feature a physician who is participating in an Accountable Care Organization. This month, PEPC is featuring Dr. Shawn Purifoy, a family medicine doctor from Malvern, Arkansas.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) demonstrated its commitment to addressing anti-competitive business practices across our nation’s workforce, including in the health care industry, through its recently released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Like many other contractual clauses, non-competes may be used in ways that ultimately benefit or undermine the patient-physician relationship. Non-compete clauses may be appropriately used …

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The Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the release of the one-year report on the implementation of its refreshed strategic vision and objectives, which were originally announced in fall 2021. We are pleased that CMS is building on the Strategy Refresh by identifying metrics it …

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PEPC was pleased to respond to a Congressional Request for Information (RFI), led by Reps. Bera (D-CA) and Bucshon (R-IN), soliciting feedback on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and actions Congress should take to stabilize the Medicare payment system, while ensuring successful value-based care incentives are in place. Our response …

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The Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) applauds the Biden-Harris Administration for hosting the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, which unveils a national strategy to meet the goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity by 2030.   As an organization that focuses on supporting independent physicians and practices in …

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PEPC was pleased to sign a September 28 letter addressed to Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader Schumer, and Leader McConnell, joining over 800 physician and health care associations, health systems, provider practices, and ACOs in asking Congress to extend Medicare’s 5 percent Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) incentive payments authorized under the Medicare Access and …

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PEPC appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the proposed rule for the Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs. In the letter, we focus on steps the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can take to increase competition in the health care …

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PEPC sent a letter to Healthy Future Task Force Chairs Reps. Guthrie (R-KY) and Nunes (R-CA) thanking them for the work that the Task Force and its Subcommittees have done to identify and develop policies to modernize and personalize America’s health care system, support innovative treatments, restore the doctor/patient relationship, and provide all Americans more …

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