PCPCC National Briefing Webinar: MACRA, MIPS, APMs & CPC+:

What to Expect from all these Acronyms?

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), signed into law in 2015, eliminates the failed Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, but also fundamentally revamps how Medicare pays physicians. This presentation offers insight on MACRA with a special focus on the new proposed rule released on April 27 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). What's in the proposed rule, and how can we respond to best support advanced primary care? The presentation also addresses how MACRA intersects with the new Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model, announced by CMS on April 11, 2016.

Read more about MACRA on our MACRA webpage.

Laura Sessums, JD, MD

Chief Care Transformation, Medical Director, Anthem
Laura Sessums, MD, JD, is the Chief Care Transformation, Medical Director at Anthem since 2019. In 2013, she joined the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) as the Director of the Division of Advanced Primary Care. At CMMI, she oversees the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) and CPC+ initiatives. Previously, she worked in academic medicine as a clinician-educator, mostly at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (as a civilian), where she served as the Chief of the General Medicine Section. Her professional activities have been in the areas of healthcare policy and advocacy, medical education, senior medical administrative leadership, and scholarship at the intersection of law and medicine. Her research has focused on primary care, particularly ethical and legal domains. read more

Shari M. Erickson, MPH

Vice President, Governmental Affairs & Medical Practice, American College of Physicians
Shari M. Erickson currently serves as Vice President, Governmental Affairs and Medical Practice for the American College of Physicians (ACP). In this role, Ms. Erickson advocates for ACP positions with the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and other federal agencies with responsibility for implementation of the Affordable Care Act and other federal health reform initiatives.  She also directs and collaborates on the development of ACP policies and advocacy strategies in order to influence delivery system and payment reforms, such as Accountable Care Organizations and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), as well as health insurance-related issues. Previously, Ms. read more
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