The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) established the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) to review and assess physician-focused payment models (PFPMs) based on stakeholder proposals submitted to the committee. The final rule with comment period finalized criteria for the committee to use in reviewing these proposals and providing recommendations to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The criteria require that proposed PFPMs are anticipated to reduce cost, improve care, or both.
The Secretary is required to review the comments and recommendations submitted by the PTAC and post a detailed response to these recommendations. The Secretary’s responses to comments and recommendations from the PTAC are below:
- Secretary’s Response to Project Sonar (PDF)
- Submitted by the Illinois Gastroenterology Group and SonarMD, LLC
- Secretary’s Response to The ACS-Brandeis Advanced APM (PDF)
- Submitted by the American College of Surgeons
- Secretary’s Response to The COPD and Asthma Monitoring Project (PDF)
- Submitted by Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Consultants Medical Group Inc. of Sacramento, California (PMA)
- Secretary's Response to PTAC comments and recommendations spanning October 2017 - May 2018 (PDF)
- Secretary’s Response to PTAC comments and recommendations from September and December 2018 public meetings (PDF)
- Secretary's Response to Seha Medical and Wound Care, The Johns Hopkins University and Stanford Medicine, and Upstream Rehabilitation (PDF)
- Secretary’s Response to ACCESS Telemedicine: An Alternative Healthcare Delivery Model for Rural Emergencies (PDF)
- Submitted by: The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
- Secretary’s Response to the PTAC’s recommendations and comments from the June 2020 PTAC Public Meeting (PDF):
- The Eyecare Emergency Department Avoidance (EyEDA) Model submitted by the University of Massachusetts Medical School; and
- Patient-Centered Asthma Care Payment submitted by the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- Secretary’s Response to the PTAC’s recommendations and comments from the September 2020 PTAC Public Meeting (PDF):
- The Medical Neighborhood Advanced Alternative Payment Model submitted by the American College of Physicians and the National Committee on Quality Assurance; and
- The Patient-Centered Oncology Payment Model (PCOP) submitted by the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Additional Information
- Statements from the CMS Administrator and PTAC Chairman regarding their June 14 meeting (PDF)
- Value Considerations for Model Development and Testing Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee website