Several provider groups and organizations are leading a concerted effort to get Congress to tuck in an extension of a 5% bonus to physicians that participate in value-based care before the money goes away after 2022, Fierce Healthcare reports.
The effort by several provider groups underscores major concerns over how the loss of the bonus could stymie momentum in the shift to alternative payment models.
“I think of it really as a way of helping to promote healthcare practices and practice recruitment,” said Kisha Davis, vice president of health equity for ACO services organization Aledade, during a briefing on Capitol Hill Thursday. Read more.
