AMCNO Physician representatives meet with Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Several AMCNO board members met yesterday with representatives from MEDPAC and Mathematica to discuss private plans usage of episode grouper (pay for performance) software as well as their interactions with and reactions from the physician community. The purpose of this meeting was to provide input into a study coordinated by Mathematica Policy Research. The final study will be provided to MedPAC – a congressional commission that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is investigating the use of episode grouper software in the future as part of the Medicare program. The study group has met with other physicians and hospitals around the nation and plans to prepare a report for Congress in the near future based upon these discussions. AMCNO will receive a copy of the final report and this will be covered in an upcoming issue of our magazine.