The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to "better align" reimbursements and incentive payments, ahead of proposed changes to the September 2015 Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. In a letter to the CMS, AGMA called for "resources used to coordinate care" to be reimbursed, a more accurate assessment of "chronic care management services," and more flexibility for primary care providers "initiating behavioral health visits." AGMA also urged the CMS to follow the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, proposed under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) has called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to "better align" reimbursements and incentive payments, ahead of proposed changes to the 2017 Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. In a letter to the CMS, AGMA called for "resources used to coordinate care" to be reimbursed, a more accurate assessment of "chronic care management services," and more flexibility for primary care providers "initiating behavioral health visits." AGMA also urged the CMS to follow the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, proposed under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act.