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Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Holds Both Promise and Peril for Physician Groups, Says APG
Read MoreA combination of positive proactive measures to advance value-based health care, coupled with negative provisions such as physician fee…
APG’s Valinda Rutledge Named Among Pearl Health’s Top 50 Value-Based Care Thinkers
Read MoreAmerica’s Physician Groups (APG) today announced that Valinda Rutledge, Executive Vice President of Advocacy and Education, has been named…
Federal Agencies Should Adopt Meaningful Yardsticks for Evaluating Effects of Consolidation in Health Care
Read MoreAPG recommends that the agencies adopt a better capacity to measure and evaluate the outcomes of consolidation – and…
New Primary Care Payment Mechanism Within Medicare Shared Savings Program Will Boost Role of Physician-Led ACOs, America’s Physician Groups Says
Read MoreThe new Primary Care Flex model unveiled today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a…
America’s Physician Groups Applauds CMS Actions To Speed Payments To Physicians Amid Change Healthcare Crisis
Read MoreAmerica’s Physician Groups (APG) expressed gratitude to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today for moving to…
Average 2025 Payment Rates for Medicare Advantage Plans Should Be Higher Than Currently Projected, America’s Physician Groups Says
Read MoreThe Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services’ (CMS) scheduled review of fourth-quarter 2023 spending in the traditional Medicare program…
Niyum Gandhi of Mass General Brigham Is New Chair-Elect of APG Board of Directors
Read MoreThe Board of Directors of America’s Physician Groups (APG) has elected Niyum Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Treasurer…
APG Statement on 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice
Read MoreWe are still digesting the newly released Advance Notice in detail, but an initial read suggests that CMS is…
Investment, Predictability, and Stability are Key to Success in Value-Based Care
Read MoreAnas Daghestani, MD, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Austin (Texas) Regional Clinic and the Chair of…
CMS Rule Will Improve the Prior Authorization Process And Substantially Benefit Patients, Providers, And Plans Alike
Read MoreChanges adopted today in the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule will greatly improve the prior authorization process for…
With Some Changes, Proposed Regulations on Medicare Advantage and Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Would Improve Care for Medicare Enrollees
Read MoreIn a comment letter filed today, America’s Physician Groups (APG) said that changes proposed by the Centers for Medicare…
Proposed Rule’s Multiple Improvements to the Medicare Advantage Program Would Benefit MA Enrollees and Their Health Care
Read MoreChanges proposed this week by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program…
