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Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

Ways Medicare pays doctors and hospitals that reward quality and efficiency, rather than just the number of services provided. These models aim to improve care coordination and patient health.

Medicare

A federal health insurance program for people 65 or older, certain younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant).

Social Security Act (Title XVIII)

The section of the Social Security Act that established the Medicare program and governs its rules and operations.

Incentive Payments

Extra payments given to healthcare providers as a bonus for meeting certain goals or participating in specific programs, in this case, for joining alternative payment models.

Accountable Care

A healthcare approach where providers work together to give high-quality, coordinated care to their patients, taking responsibility for the health outcomes and costs of their patient population.

Conforming Amendments

Changes made to other parts of a law to ensure they are consistent with a new change being enacted.