Organizations urge Congress to extend value-based payment incentives

Twenty three national physician and healthcare associations and more than 600 health systems, hospitals, physician practices, health clinics, and accountable care organizations (ACOs) pressed congressional leaders to extend incentive payments for participation in risk-bearing alternative payment models (APMs). Incentives expire at the end of the year unless Congress acts.

The volume and diversity of the hundreds of supporters spans every corner of the country and shows the reach of APMs and the resulting incentive payments that will help ensure physicians and other clinicians have adequate resources to care for their patients.

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