HHS requests stakeholder input on state and federal action that can be taken to spur greater competition, noting that “[i]t is reasonable to assume that enhanced competition in both provider and insurance markets could improve…spending trends and the value of health care received.”
Read moreHealth Payer Intelligence. Providers advocates are calling on CMS to help increase opportunities to participate in value-based payment models.
Read moreAJMC Managed Markets Network. A group of 7 organizations, including Aledade, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), and the Texas Medical Association, is urging CMS to support independent physicians and practices in the move to value-based care.
Read moreRevCycle Intelligence. Seven organizations urged CMS to support independent practices by creating physician-led Advanced APMs and boosting competition, especially with Medicare Advantage.
Read moreLeaders in the movement to value-based care say the government can better support independent physician practices and called for reforms to programs, including accountable care organizations and Medicare Advantage.
Read moreRevCycle Intelligence. Seven organizations urged CMS to support independent practices by creating physician-led Advanced APMs and boosting competition, especially with Medicare Advantage.
Read moreCMS should do more to free independent practices and providers from economic burdens and unfair practices because these smaller groups are best-positioned to move toward value-based medicine, doctors groups and startups urged in a letter today to Administrator Seema Verma.
Read moreThe President directed the Administration to ensure that government rules and guidelines meet several policy goals, including re-injecting competition into healthcare markets by lowering barriers to entry, limiting excessive consolidation, and preventing abuses of market power.
Read moreIn its report, MedPAC discusses the implications for the Medicare program of consolidation in the health care industry, finding evidence that consolidation among and between hospitals and physicians has increased prices without increasing quality.
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