Comments: Request for Information on Direct Provider Contracting Models
May 25, 2018
Comments
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Request for Information (RFI) on Direct Provider Contracting (DPC) Models.
Medicare Rights is a national, nonprofit organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs, and public policy initiatives. Medicare Rights provides services and resources to three million people with Medicare, family caregivers, and professionals each year.
The following comments are informed by our experience assisting people as they navigate the Medicare program. We caution that it is difficult to provide meaningful feedback on potential policies that hinge on specific details unless we see those details. As the RFI is largely silent on such specifics, our comments may recommend guardrails for roads CMMI does not intend to travel, and may fail to fully consider a model the agency does intend to pursue. Therefore, while we are pleased to offer general comments in response to this RFI, we respectfully request opportunities to provide more targeted input through future calls for public comment on the DPC model or models…
Any changes to the Medicare program must aim for healthier people, better care, and smarter spending—not paying more for less. As policymakers debate the future of health care, we will provide our insights here.
Thinking ahead to Medicare's future, it’s important to modernize benefits and pursue changes that improve how people with Medicare navigate their coverage on a daily basis. Here are our evolving 30 policy goals for Medicare’s future.
You can help protect and strengthen Medicare by taking action on the important issues we are following, subscribe to newsletter alerts, or follow along on social media. Any way you choose to get involved is a contribution that we appreciate greatly.
Comments: Request for Information on Direct Provider Contracting Models
The Medicare Rights Center (Medicare Rights) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Request for Information (RFI) on Direct Provider Contracting (DPC) Models.
Medicare Rights is a national, nonprofit organization that works to ensure access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities through counseling and advocacy, educational programs, and public policy initiatives. Medicare Rights provides services and resources to three million people with Medicare, family caregivers, and professionals each year.
The following comments are informed by our experience assisting people as they navigate the Medicare program. We caution that it is difficult to provide meaningful feedback on potential policies that hinge on specific details unless we see those details. As the RFI is largely silent on such specifics, our comments may recommend guardrails for roads CMMI does not intend to travel, and may fail to fully consider a model the agency does intend to pursue. Therefore, while we are pleased to offer general comments in response to this RFI, we respectfully request opportunities to provide more targeted input through future calls for public comment on the DPC model or models…
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Any changes to the Medicare program must aim for healthier people, better care, and smarter spending—not paying more for less. As policymakers debate the future of health care, we will provide our insights here.
Thinking ahead to Medicare's future, it’s important to modernize benefits and pursue changes that improve how people with Medicare navigate their coverage on a daily basis. Here are our evolving 30 policy goals for Medicare’s future.
You can help protect and strengthen Medicare by taking action on the important issues we are following, subscribe to newsletter alerts, or follow along on social media. Any way you choose to get involved is a contribution that we appreciate greatly.