September 30, 2016 -- Statement from MGMA president and chief executive officer, Halee Fischer-Wright, M.D., MMM, FAAP, CMPE
MGMA applauds Congressmen Tom Price, M.D., Charles Boustany, M.D., and Erik Paulsen for their leadership in the oversight of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). In a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, 179 members of Congress highlighted CMMI’s overreach of its authority by rolling out mandatory, experimental demonstrations, which impact physician practices and Medicare patients across the nation. MGMA supports these members of Congress as they remind CMMI of its specific statutory role in facilitating the transition from fee-for-service to value-based payment arrangements.
MGMA continues to advocate for more alternative payment models (APMs) under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act. CMMI must engage in an open and transparent process that incorporates physician input to develop and evaluate new APMs prior to mandatory implementation. Instead of a purely top-down government approach, CMMI should also adopt proven private sector initiatives that advance Medicare’s goal to provide highly quality, cost-effective patient care.
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