Payment model design needs to be physician-led: New report

As new payment models become a reality, physicians know that they are best poised to balance the goal of reducing costs while delivering high quality care. Physicians passed new policy Tuesday to ensure that those payment models are physician-led to allow for the resources and flexibility needed to implement their own solutions for improving care for patients, rather than letting regulators dictate the way care should be delivered. No single approach to payment reform will yield the best outcome for every physician or every specialty. If properly structured, physician-focused payment models will create an opportunity for physicians to improve patient care in ways that are feasible in their unique practice environments. Specialty-specific and condition-based models allow physicians to redesign care based on specific patient needs, and the goal of these models should be to break down the barriers that prevent physicians from taking advantage of opportunities to control cost and care. Learn how physicians are developing new payment models for their specialties. Making sure physicians determine patient care Current AMA policy calls for advocating with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congress for alternative payment models (APM) developed in collaboration with specialty and state medical organizations so that the best possible care is available to patients. After reviewing a report from the AMA Council on Medical Service, delegates at the 2016 AM...
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