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**Whatiareitheitwoilandmarkipiecesiofihealthilegislationiresponsibleifor
itheimostisignificantipaymentireformsiseeniinirecentidecades?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
1.iTheiPatientiProtectioniandiAffordableiCareiActiofi2010i(ACA)
2.iMedicare
AccessiandiCHIPiReauthorizationiActiofi2015i(MACRA)
**WhatiisitheiCMMIiandihowihasiitiinfluenceipaymentipatterns?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
TheiCenteriforiMedicareiandiMedicaidiInnovationi(CMMI)ihasiunpreced
entedifundingianditheiauthorityitoipilotinewipaymentiandideliveryimod
els,iincludingicoordinationiwithitheiprivateisector
WhatiareitheitwoivoluntaryitracksiinitheinewiQualityiPaymentiProgrami
underiMACRAi?i-iCorrectiAnswer-1.iunderitheiMerit-
basediIncentiveiPaymentiSystemi(MIPS),iphysicianigroupsiareiscored
inifouridomains:iquality,icostiefficiency,itechnologyiadoption,iandiclinic
alipracticeiimprovementiactivitiesialignediwithipopulationihealthicarei
models.
,2.iMACRAidrivesiphysicianiparticipationiinioneiofianiincreasinginumberi
ofiAlternativeiPaymentiModelsi(APMs),iiniparticularithoseithatirequirei
providersitoibearisubstantial
downsideifinancialirisk,iori"advanced"iAPMs.
**WhatiareitheifouridomainsiofiqualityiscorediinitheiMIPS?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-1.iquality
2.icostiefficiency
3.itechnologyiadoption
4.iclinicalipracticeiimprovementiactivities
alignediwithipopulationihealthicareimodels.
WhatiareitheicharacteristicsiandirequirementsiofitheiAPMsiemployediini
theiseconditrackiofiMACRA?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
APMsiareibuiltiuponicoordinatedicareimodelsiiniwhichiincentivesiareilin
keditoibroader
outcomes,iespeciallyitheitotalicostioficareiforipeopleiwithispecificicondit
ionsiorientireipopulations.iAccountabilityiforitheitotalicostioficareirequir
esiprovidersitoishiftitheiriframeiofireferencei180
degrees,ifromioneithatiisicenterediaroundiindividualihealthcareidelivery
iservices,itoioneithatiisilongitudinaliregardlessiofiwhether,iwhere,iandiw
heniservicesiareiprovidediforitheitargetipopulation.
**WhatitypeiofipractitionerimustibeiincludediinianiACO?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-PCP
,WhatideterminesitheiamountiofisavingsishardiwithianiACO?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
TheiamountiofisavingsisharediwithitheiACOiisioftenideterminedibyitheiq
ualityiscoreiachieved
inimultipleidomains,iincludingiprevention,ichronicidiseaseimanagement
,icareicoordination,iandipatient
experience.
**Whatiisithei"thorniinitheiside"iofiACOimanagersiandiclinicians?iWhy?i-
iCorrectiAnswer-
TheidetailediandicompleximethodsiforipatientiattributionitoiACOsisincei
patientsiveryioftenidoinotiseekicareiexclusivelyiwithiaisingleiprovideriunl
essitheiriinsuranceirequiresiiti(whichiisirare).
Whatiareitheiguidelinesitoioptimizeicorrectiattributioniandidriveimoreie
ffectiveicare?i-iCorrectiAnswer--
provideitheibestipossibleiaccessiandiaiseamlessihigh-
qualityicareiexperienceiso
thatiitiisieasyiforipatientsitoiwantitoistayiwithinitheisystemi(alsoiknownia
sithei"stickiness"istrategy—a
winiunderibothivolumeiandivalue).
-
Ensureithatiallipatientsi(especiallyiMedicareibeneficiaries)iseeitheiriPCPi
atileastionceiper
, calendariyear,ipreferablyiincludingiaipreventiveicareivisit.iThisiisinotionl
yigoodipracticeibutialsoia
fullyicoveredibenefitiwithouticopayi(underiACAirules).
-
Ensureialliphysiciansiareilistediunderitheicorrectispecialtyiinitheipayer'sis
ystems,iespecially
CMSiwhereiphysiciansimayihaveibeeniinitiallyicredentialedibeforeitheyic
ompletedispecialtyitraining.
Thisiissueiisiirrelevantiunderifee-for-
serviceibuticriticaliinipopulationihealth/coordinatedicareimodels.
**Whatiareitheicharacteristicsiofitheicomprehensiveiprimaryicareiprogr
amsi(CPC)?i-iCorrectiAnswer--
buildsiuponitheiprinciplesiofitheipatienticenteredimedicalihome
-providesieducationianditechnicalisupport
-Primaryicareiphysiciansiareicentraliandiworkitoimakeiteam-basedicare
-
allimembersiofiteamihaveidefinedirolesiandifunctionsiinipatienticareiati
microiandimacroilevelsi
-
paidiinifeeiforiserviceibuticanielectitoibeipaidipartiallyiinicaptivatedimont
hlyifeei
-incentivesiforiqualityiandiefficiencyi
-
requireditoiinvestisomeifunsiininewiresourcesitoiimproveicareicoordinat
ion