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Don Crane announces he is leaving America’s Physician Groups Emily Boerger | Jun 1, 2021 Share this: In an email sent Tuesday morning, America’s Physician Groups (APG) President and CEO Don Crane announced he will be leaving the association. Crane has led APG, which represents over 340 physician groups with approximately 195,000 physicians, for 21 years. In his email, Crane wrote: “It has been an honor and privilege to lead APG for the last 21 years, but the time to move on feels right and I am excited at the prospect of new adventures. I am proud of the accomplishments we h...

Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and analyses; and other health policy news. Week in Review Highlight of the Week: This week, the Senate Finance Committee discussed making permanent COVID-19 flexibilities, including those related to telehealth. See the hearing and other news below. I.Regulations, Notices & Guidance  On May 19, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance entitled, ...

(Photo by Jose Luis Pelaez\Getty Images) Citing rushed implementation, unanswered questions and potential negative consequences to patient care, 11 healthcare organizations are calling on the Biden administration to delay and make changes to mandated quality measure reporting for accountable care organizations. The healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association, sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra asking for a delay or other options. The ACO Coalition has sent a separate letter to Becerra...

Photo by Cavan Images/Getty Images Health insurer Humana will begin contracting with healthcare providers to offer coordinated care for patients who are beneficiaries of original Medicare. Humana is known for offering Medicare Advantage plans. The new program will be facilitated through a value-based model called the Direct Contracting Model, in which the Humana Direct Contracting Entity will operate as Humana Care Solutions. The goal of the model is to improve care quality, health outcomes and the patient experience, while lowering the cost of care for Medicare beneficiaries. The DCM was est...

(Photo by Sam Edwards/Getty Images) Dozens of provider groups, including America's Physician Groups, American Academy of Home Care Medicine and VillageMD, have signed onto a letter imploring the Biden Administration to open up one more chance for providers to sign up for the Direct Contracting Payment model. In the letter to Elizabeth Fowler, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, providers lamented the fact that while the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services promised a second application period to sign up for the model, there in fact will ...