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Health Care Reform 2010
Elizabeth McNeilVice President
Federal Government Relations
From Gang Members to Healthcare ReformCalifornia Medical Association
Impact on Physicians
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Health ReformHistoric Legislation
Physician Opportunities/Challenges
Complex Law-Outcome Unknown
Repeal vs. Incremental Fixes
Focus on Implementation
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CMA Principles for Health Care Reform
Universal Access to CareAssistance for Low-income Families to Afford
Health Insurance Health Insurance ExchangeChoice, Competition, Insurance ReformBroad-based FinancingMedicare Delivery Reform
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CMA Survey Supports
CMA – 43% Support, 43% OpposeInsurance Coverage ExpansionsInsurance Industry ReformsIncreasing Affordability of Insurance
Health Insurance Exchange
90 – 100% Federal Financing ofMedicaid
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Health Reform CMA Supports
Investments in Primary Care
Medicare Primary Care Rate IncreaseMedicare General Surgery Rate Increase
Medi-Cal Primary Care Rate Increase
Investments in Prevention & Wellness
Investments in Growing the MD Workforceand its Diversity
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Health Reform: CMA Opposes
HR Provides Expanded Coverage But DoesNOT Improve Access to Doctors
No CA GPCI update
IPAB – Independent Medicare Payment BoardNo SGR repealNo SGR updateNo Medi-Cal rate increase for All Physicians
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Health Reform CMA Opposes
Reduces Payment for Imaging Services
Allows Nurse Practitioners to “Lead” Medical Homes
No Private Contracting in the Medicare Program
Bans Physician-owned Hospitals
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Politics: Congressional Leaders
Speaker Nancy PelosiCalifornia Leadership – Clean Sweep
Chairman Henry Waxman-Energy Commerce
Chairman Pete Stark-Ways & Means
Chairman George Miller- Ed Labor
Leader Xavier Becerra
U.S. House of Representatives
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Politics: Congressional Leaders
$450 Billion in Physician Payment FixesMore Favorable House Bill – HR 3200
Repeal of SGR
Improved Access to Care
Massachusetts Election – Senate Bill
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Politics: Congressional Leaders
President Obama’s Leadership(Help of Wellpoint 38% premium increase)
Willingness to risk his presidency
Speaker Pelosi’s LeadershipWillingness to risk a Democratic majority
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Health Reform SummaryCoverageInsurance Industry ReformsHealth Insurance ExchangeMedicare Payment Reform-QualityPrevention, Wellness, Public HealthHealth Care Professional WorkforceRevenue
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California’s 6.5 million Uninsured
Health Reform
~1.4 million undocumented not covered
~1.7 million to Medi-Cal
~3.3 million to private coverage in Exchange
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Health ReformCoverage Expansion – 2014
Individual mandateIndividual tax credits 133-400% FPL
Medicaid Expansion to 133% FPLPrimary Care Rate Inc to Medicare 100% federally financed phased to 90% 2020
No Employer Mandate but PenaltiesSmall Business Tax Credits
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Health ReformHealth Insurance Exchange – 2014
Health Plan Standards & Benefits
Choice of Private Health Plans
Allows Patients to Choose Out-of-Network, Non- Contracted Physicians
Enrollment Initially Limited to Uninsured
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Health ReformInsurance Industry Reforms 2010/2014
85% Medical Loss Ratio
Adequate Provider Networks
No Bans for Pre-existing Conditions
No Rescinding Coverage
Community Rating with Limits
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Health ReformImmediate Implementation
Temporary High-risk Pool
Temporary Reinsurance Program
Children Covered on Parent’s Plan Through Age 26
Insurance Industry Reforms
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Health ReformAllows Coops in the Exchange
Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans
Not run by government or insurersNot for ProfitLicensed to Sell Insurance In CASame Benefits Offered$6 billion loans for start up costs-repaid 5 yrsGrants to build reserves-repaid 15 yrsPhysicians can form, lead and operate
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Health ReformPrevention and WellnessMedical Liability
Physician Workforce RestorationRedistributes GME slotsPrimary careState grants; NHSC scholarship and loan repayment $$; health professionals & diversityprograms; cultural competency
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What Drove Health Care Reform?
Too Many Uninsured and Underinsured
Access to Affordable Health Care Coverage
Escalating Health Care Costs
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What Drove Health Care Reform?
Economic Recession Makes it PossibleState and federal governments cannot sustain growth
Insurance unaffordable for business
Insurance unaffordable for low income and middle class
-- Political Accomplishment--
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“That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war . . . And, our healthcare is too costly.”
-Obama Inaugural Address
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The Influence of Peter Orszag
Former CBO Chair Now Leads OMB
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The Influence of Dartmouth(if the U.S. behaved like San Francisco . . .)
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Health ReformMedicare Reform = Delivery System Reform
Rewarding coordination of care
What Resonated with Policy-Makers?
Medicare’s broad influence
Value over volume
Medicare cost growth unsustainable
SGR is broken
Geographic variation in spending
Emphasis on primary careQuality and accountability
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Influence of DartmouthDartmouth ResearchersWide Variation in Medicare Spending
ICU vs. hospice
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Primary Carein California
Source – CHCF Dartmouth Report November 2008
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Dartmouth Solutions
Midwest Providers Propose “Value Index”
Reward Efficient Providers; Penalize Inefficient
Need Profound Dramatic Change in Health CareDelivery System
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Dartmouth CriticsSeveral studies show that Dartmouth researchersdid not take into account socioeconomic/healthstatus of patients.
Dartmouth researchers did not factor in regionalpractice costs – rent and wages.
NEJM & MedPAC studies show these variablesmay account for all the geographic variation inspending.
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CA DATAFor instance, CA monthly rents are twice as high as rents in Midwest states:San Mateo, CA $1,658San Diego, CA $1,418
Marshfield, WI $586Des Moines, IA $579
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LA County vs. MinnesotaUCLA researchers show socioeconomic differences which impact costs:LA County/Inner-city LA MN Average income: $24,705 $37,373 Below FPL: 38%/56% 11.6%Black/Latino: 57%/80% 9%Uninsured: 24%/41% 8.8%
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LA County vs. MinnesotaHospital Days per 1,000 Medicare Patients
2,429 Central LA County1,777 in rest of LA County1,613 in MN
LA looks like MN if the Core Poverty Areas areeliminated
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Health Spending GrowthMidwest states argue that paying for value is the
best approach to bending the cost curve in UShealth spending.
Yet rates of spending growth are higher inMidwest states
Minneapolis, MN -- 4.3%, LA -- 3%Marshfield, WI -- 4.02%, SF -- 2.4%
Iowa -- 4.1%, Boston -- 3%
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Compromise
Senate Cost/Qualty Value ModifierPays for low cost and high qualityMust take into account practice costs and
socioeconomic/health status factors
Secretary HHS Study IOM Study
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Health Reform
Medicare SGR Reform NOT in Senate Bill
HR 3961 House BillRebase the SGR formulaWipe-out $200+ billion in future MD payment cuts
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Health Reform
2.2% Payment Update
Facing 30% Cut 2012
Medicare SGR2011 Deal
Stopped 21% Cut
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SGR vs. MEIPart A versus Part B Updates
1995 as the base year
90%
100%
110%
120%
130%
140%
150%
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1996
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Cumulative MEI Cumulative Part B Updates Hospital Payment Updates
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Health Reform
Medicare Reform
10% Primary Care Bonus 2011 -- 2016For internal medicine, family practice, geriatrics and pediatrics
For office visits, home visits, nursing facility visits
60% of Part B Charges
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Health Reform
Medicare Reform
10% Rural General Surgery Bonus 2011 -- 2016Surgeons in HPSAs billing 10 or 90 day global
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Health Reform
Medicare ReformMedical Homes
Accountable Care Organizations
Hospitals: Bundling, Hospital-acquired Infections,Readmissions, DSH
Medicare Advantage Cuts but Bonuses for Meeting Quality Standards
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Health Reform
Medicare ReformComparative Effectiveness ResearchClinical tool for physiciansProhibition on using information to make coverage,
benefit and payment decisionsQuality ImprovementPQRI bonuses 0.5 – 1%; penalties 2014Public reporting Medicare & Private 2013CMS Innovation Center; National strategy
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Health Reform
Medicaid RatesIncreases Medi-Cal rates for primary care up to
Medicare levels 2013 -- 2014
Family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics
E & M services and immunizations
100% federally financed
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Health Reform
Medicare ReformAccountable Care Organizations-ACOsPhysician-led; No hospital involvement required
Loose affiliation, large medical groups, integratedsystems
Coordinate care & report on qualityShared savings to ACO for reducing Part A & B
expenditures in region: Benchmark
Pathway to anti-trust relief
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Health Reform
ACOTraditional FFSMulti-specialty – 5,000 patients
3 year Commitment
Legal and Financial Structure
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Health Reform
• ACO Regulations• Burdensome Requirements• Governance• 65 Quality Measures – PQRI/Hospital• Spending Benchmark Good for California• Risk/Cost Adjusted; National Growth Rate• 2 Payment Tracks:50-65% Shared Savings • Downside Financial Risk
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Health Reform
• ACO Regulations• Patient Assignment• Anti-Trust Relief• Fraud and Abuse Waivers
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Health Reform
ACO Education Briefs and WebinarsLegal and Financial ModelsCMA Principles for ACOs
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Profound Changes
• Driven by Private Sector• Accelerated by Health Care Reform• Predictions: Physician Consolidation• Independent Practice Model in Decline• Larger Physician Groups• Physicians Aligning with Hospitals• Foundations, ACOs, Medical Homes• Concierge Direct Practice Physicians
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Profound Changes
• Required Capabilities:• Coordination of Care• HIT-reporting and communication• Quality Improvement/Quality Reporting• Private Sector/Medicare: PQRI&Value
Modifier/Health Exchanges/Public Website• Reduce Clinical Variation• Achieve Efficiencies and Show Value
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Profound Changes
• New Payment Models in Health Reform• SGR Transformation• Independent Medicare Advisory Board (IPAB)• Medical Home• Partial and Full Capitation• Shared Savings Payments
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Profound Changes
• New Payment Models Continued• Value Modifier Payment Methodology
Payment based on quality reporting andindividual physician spending above or belowthe national per capita level.
• Quality Reporting Bonus• E-Prescribing Bonus• HIT Adoption Funding• Primary Care Bonus
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Profound Changes
• New Hospital Payment Changes Impacting Physicians:
• Bundling• Hospital Readmissions• Hospital Acquired Infections• Reduced DSH Payments• GME Funding
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Health Reform Profound Changes
• CMS Innovation Center• CMA Draft “Unofficial” Proposals• Registries • Reducing Clinical Variation• ACO Transition Model for Solo/Small Groups• Feedback Bonus Program (Util/Quality)• Role for Specialties and Local Medical
Societies
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Profound ChangeMedicare/Private Market
CMA Helping Physicians
Succeed In the Era
of Health Care Reform
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Health Reform
RevenueMedicare cuts (mostly to non-MDs)Fees on HP, Pharma, device manufacturers
Cadillac tax on health plans
Increase in Medicare taxHigher income earners $250,000Tax on net investment income & capital gains from certain sources
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Goal of Policy-MakersShared Responsibility
Providers Must Be More Accountable, Efficientand Coordinate Care
Individuals Must Purchase InsuranceEmployers Must Offer Coverage or Pay
Everyone Must Contribute
Insurers Must Meet Market Reforms and Benefit Requirements
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What You Can DoMeet with Your Representative
THEY MUST FULFILL THE PROMISE OF UNIVERSAL COVERAGE BY ENSURING THAT
EVERYONE HAS A DOCTOR
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They Must Improve Access to Care
Repeal SGR/Stable Reimbursement
Eliminate the IPAB
Adopt the CA GPCI fix
Implement MD quality reporting protections
Increase Medi-Cal rates for All Physicians