Value-Based Payment Program In SGR Bill Is Not A 'Withhold' Measure

Value-Based Payment Program In SGR Bill Is Not A 'Withhold' Measure-insidehealthpolicy: Medicare would not initially withhold a portion of reimbursement from doctors then pay it back to those who perform well in the Value-Based Payment program included in the SGR-repeal proposal by the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means committees, congressional staff assured providers at a Brookings Institution event on Tuesday (Nov. 19). The staffers, when asked to explain the funding approach, said the performance payments instead would come from a pool of penalties assessed on poorly performing providers.