APG Defends Direct Contracting Amid Concerns With The Model

America’s Physician Groups says one of its priorities for 2022 is supporting the direct contracting demonstration, and it recently wrote to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to defend the increasingly controversial program. APG notes in its Jan. 10 letter that a House letter spearheaded by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and an opinion piece in The Hill asked the administration to roll back the demonstration to protect traditional Medicare. APG says, “We strongly disagree with this...