Susan Morse
Overall, 73 percent of Medicare Advantage-PDP enrollees are in plans that have four stars or greater in 2018, CMS says.
Payment adjustments are expected to range from 0.4 to 2.6 percent of providers' Part B expenditures, report says.
Physicians object to the policy they say will cause patients to delay seeking treatment and leave bills unpaid.
Increased poverty in the suburbs has led to emergency departments in those areas becoming the primary source of care for poor and uninsured, Health Affairs study says.
Physicians will be reimbursed based on the health outcomes of their patients.
Insurer has entered a value-based contract with Collegium Pharmaceutical for the drug Xtampza ER, an oxycodone equivalent with abuse deterrent properties.
Insurers offering plans have been required to cover all FDA-approved contraception, including medications and devices that induce abortion, as well as sterilization procedures.
Medicare advisory commission recommends voluntary physician participation in a program with measures more similar to APMs.
Reimbursement to physicians is linked to the health outcomes of their patients.
Study suggests that while ACOs are willing to accept increased financial risk, they are still learning how to manage populations.