Moving Health Home submitted a response to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) Using Data and Health Information Technology to Transparently Empower Consumers and Support Providers Request for Information.
MHH urged the Committee to consider models that move away from regulations biased toward facility-centric care. Specifically, MHH requested the Committee to work with CMS on allowing primary care providers to elect to receive a monthly population-based payment as an alternative to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement. Primary care is essential to whole person coordinated and comprehensive care. Allowing Medicare beneficiaries with chronic disease to receive primary care at home offers enormous benefits that will improve outcomes.