New Law Could Spur Movement to Two-Sided Risk, AIS Newsletter Predicts
Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 04, 2016 -- A new law could spur many providers to move to two-sided risk, predicts Leavitt Partners LLC Director of Research David Muhlestein in the Februrary 2016 issue of AIS’s Value-Based Care News (VBC). According to VBC, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) repealed the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula — which was unpopular with providers — and replaced it with two separate types of incentive payments: the Alternative Payment Model and the Merit-Based Incentive Program.
Physicians who participate in Alternative Payment Models could get a 5% annual bonus from Medicare, according to VBC, but they would have to accept downside risk for at least 25% of their payments. That means that they would have to share in losses if a patient’s care cost more than expected, as well as share in savings if care cost less than expected. The alternative, the Merit-Based Incentive Program, offers bonuses based on quality, use of resources, use of electronic health records and practice improvement, and thus is much more complex.
Muhlestein predicts the bulk of ACOs will make the move into downside risk arrangements in 2019, when the law forces them to choose between the two payment systems.
MACRA was passed last spring, with proposed and final rules due in spring and fall, respectively.
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