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." "The AMA is concerned that CMS may not have fully considered these issues in its current proposals," said Dr. David M. Nathan, president of AMA.
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.