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#Best of 2017 APMS
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Physicians show the way for Medicare’s Alternative Payment Models

The AMA seeks greater flexibility from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help make the agency's new pay models more attractive.

Payment & Delivery Models
HOD speakers panel on stage.
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Retail health clinics’ convenience should not fragment care

If a patient visiting a retail clinic does not have a primary care physician or usual source of care, the clinic should help them find one, says new policy.

Payment & Delivery Models
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How 2 practices give mental health care a primary care home

Here is a way to integrate behavioral health care into ambulatory care practice.

Payment & Delivery Models
Best of 2016: Physician
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The top 5 stories physicians should read

Delving into the opioid epidemic, burnout, work-life balance and cancer-care improvement grabbed physician readers.

Physician Health
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Med students plunge into ACOs, patient-centered medical homes

Med schools are enhancing students’ experiences by embedding them into patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations (ACO)—two models changing health care delivery.

ChangeMedEd Initiative
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New model of care offers MACRA advantage

The five-year primary care medical home model, Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) could help a physician’s practice during the MACRA transition. One way to qualify for the Advanced APM track is to apply for CPC+.

Payment & Delivery Models
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A primary care model for the new Medicare payment system

Medicare announced open application period for physician practices to participate in Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, a new, nationwide primary care payment model. CPC+ gives participating practices better opportunities for success.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Tracking patients between visits: A new health care model

New models of care will be a critical part of the new Medicare payment system. Tracking patients between visits for any complication or progressing medical issues is one model of value-based care.

Payment & Delivery Models
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AMA says new payment model rightly focusing on care

Comprehensive Primary Plus improves upon the current model in emphasizing improvements achievable by PCPs instead of cost reductions beyond their control.

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