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S1 Ep201: Why ACOs still need Congress after the 2027 fee schedule, with Aisha Pittman of NAACOS
The final 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, released Nov. 4, cuts the conversion factor 1.83% for clinicians in qualifying advanced alternative payment models (APMs) and 2.31% for everyone else. Both cuts are deeper than the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed in July. For physicians in accountable care organizations (ACOs), the rule also adds guardrails on benchmark growth and a larger complexity payment for ACO clinicians. Starting April 1, 2027, it lets ACOs reduce or eliminate patient cost sharing for Part B services.
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