PEPC was pleased to join 13 stakeholders in a letter to House and Senate Committee leadership with stakeholder recommendations to prioritize value-based care in Medicare physician payment reform efforts. The letter urges CMS to: To read the letter, click here.
Read moreSTATEMENT FOR THE RECORD: “Checking-In on CMMI: Assessing the Transition to Value-Based Care” The Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) is an advocacy coalition supporting value-based care to reduce costs, improve quality, empower patients and physicians, and increase access to care for millions of Americans through a competitive health care provider market. We believe that …
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Read moreThe Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) was pleased to submit comments on the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), proposed in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (PPS) proposed rule. Our comments raise two points: To read our full comments, click here.
Read moreThe Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) submitted a statement for the recording following the House Ways & Means Committee, Subcommittee on Health hearing “The Collapse of Private Practice: Examining the Challenges Facing Independent Medicine.” Our comments highlight the role of value-based care in supporting and preserving today’s independent workforce. Many independent practices are doing …
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Read moreTo better understand the independent physician practice experience in CMS Innovation Center models, the Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (PEPC) reviewed evaluation reports from several CMS Innovation Center models: the ACO Investment Model (AIM), Next Generation ACO (NGACO) Model, Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative and CPC Plus (CPC+). This white paper highlights the experience and …
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Read moreOn February 21, 2024, a cybersecurity attack took down Change Healthcare, the country’s largest processor of medical claims. Since then, hospitals, doctors, and other providers have struggled to be reimbursed for medical claims – putting up to a quarter of our nation’s physician practices in severe financial distress and threatening their ability to stay open. …
Read morePEPC was pleased to submit comments to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) on the 21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committed Information Blocking proposed rule. We encourage ONC to carefully balance information blocking enforcement with efforts to make it easier for all providers to move into …
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Read morePEPC was pleased to comment on the the House Budget Committee Health Care Task Force request for information (RFI) on solutions to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care spending. In our comments, we provide feedback on specific policy solutions the Task Force can consider to improve outcomes while lowering health care spending, through promoting …
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Read morePEPC was pleased to respond to Ways and Means request for information on improving access to health care in rural and underserved areas. Our comments provide insight into the challenges facing the independent physician workforce today, and how they can be addressed by advancing policies that promote provider competition, ensure robust Medicare fee-for-service reimbursement as …
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Read morePEPC appreciated the opportunity to provide input on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and Department of Justice’s (DOJ) draft update of the Merger Guidelines, which describe and guide the agencies’ review of mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with federal antitrust laws. Our comments highlight the largely negative impact of provider consolidation on the health …
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