Bill seen as way to coax doctors to participate in value-based care

A new bipartisan Senate bill aims to extend for two years a 5% bonus to doctors who participate in alternative payment models, such as value-based care, reports Fierce Healthcare. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, and John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, introduced on Dec. 14 the Preserving Access to Value Based Care Act to save the bonus that goes away in 2023. Provider advocacy groups lauded the bill as a critical tool that will help get more doctors into value-based care.