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MedPAC June Report Highlights Fix to Ensure ACOs Can’t Game System

MedPAC June Report Highlights Fix to Ensure ACOs Can’t Game System

June 16, 2020Shannon FirthNo CommentsMedpage TodayACO Development & CMS Application,Cost Containment/Reduction,Medicare ACOs/MSSP

In itsĀ June report, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said the program needs to move more quickly away from fee-for-service (FFS) payments.

“The commission has made an assertion that the progress towards value-based payment throughout the Medicare program needs to accelerate and more of the program needs to be detached from straight fee-for-service payments,” said Jim Matthews, PhD, executive director for MedPAC, during a press web conference on Monday.

The report’s authors also recommended changes to accountable care organizations (ACOs) to ensure that shared savings they receive are in fact deserved; and they considered strategies for determining which drugs should be paid for separately in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).

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: MedPAC

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