November 2, 2022 - Over 40 Congressional lawmakers sent a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy, urging them to ensure the continued success of value based care by extending the advanced alternative payment model (A-APM) 5% incentive payments.
March 8, 2022 – Congressional lawmakers sent a letter to The Honorable Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in appreciation for his commitment to advancing value-based care and to request he incentivize more provider participation by rapidly adopting modifications to existing alternative payment models (APMs).
February 24, 2022 – Led by Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), congressional members sent a letter to CMS requesting the continuation of the Global and Professional Direct Contracting Model.
February 23, 2022 – Former Obama-era CMS officials sent a letter to CMS supporting the Direct Contracting models and their employment within the value-based care movement.
February 15, 2022 – The American Medical Association in conjunction with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians, sent a letter to CMS support Direct Contracting.
February 14, 2022 – Hundreds of health care providers urged the Biden Administration to continue the Global and Professional risk Direct Contracting model with some modifications to ensure that these models continue to build on over a decade of success with bi-partisan accountable care policy.
February 14, 2022 – Over 200 organizations sent a letter to CMS emphasizing support for Direct Contracting models and the continued investment in value-based care.
January 6, 2022 – Value-based health care models have been at the core of health care improvement efforts for decades. By improving quality of care, reducing costs, and eliminating a range of health disparities, new payment and delivery system transformation models continue to demonstrate their power to address the most intractable health care challenges across [...]
September 21, 2020 – Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy encouraging the House to take action to ensure that entities participating in value-based care contracts continue to qualify for bonuses intended to reward clinicians that participate in performance-based risk in traditional Medicare. [...]
June 3, 2020 – Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center announced that the Next Generation ACO model will be extended for an additional year. On behalf of our 21 ACO members and the thousands of patients we serve across the country, the Next Generation ACO Coalition thanks CMS and [...]
