The Politics of Alternative Payment Models

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes Senior
Editor Michael Gerber back to the program to
discuss the recent announcement from the Trump administration to
cancel certain alternative payment models, their previous impact
on health spending, and the difficult task of measuring success
over a long period of time and across different administrations.


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Insider virtual event exploring site-neutral
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