PTAC Wants To Provide Technical Assistance, Increase Access To Data

By Michelle M. Stein / November 8, 2017 at 6:38 PM
The Physician-Focused Payment Technical Advisory Committee chair and vice chair asked lawmakers on Wednesday (Nov. 8) to consider letting PTAC help doctors with technical aspects of alternative pay models, giving doctors in APMs more claims data and allow for limited small-scale testing of new models. The PTAC leaders also said providers need greater clarity about what happens after PTAC recommends APMs to CMS, and they said doctors are more likely to develop APMs if they understand those CMS reviews. House...


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