Doctors, Hospitals Balk at Medicare Pay Scheme’s Scarce Details (1)

The groups of providers expected to take a lead role in implementing two new Medicare payment models are warning they may not participate at all unless they get more detailed information to help them see how they’ll fare under the new payment options.

Without strong participation from these “accountable care organizations,” or ACOs—the networks of doctors, hospitals, and other providers that coordinate patient care in fee-for-service Medicare—the Direct Contracting payment models would be far less effective in helping move to traditional Medicare to value-based care.
The models, which are voluntary for doctors and other medical providers, are intended to ...