In recognition of the dire need to fix the failed Medicare physician payment formula, the House Ways & Means Committee asked the AMA to provide feedback about alternative payment models.

Physicians are now receiving nearly $200 million in payments as a result of a record-breaking settlement reached last January in a historic court challenge led by the American Medical Association against UnitedHealth Group. Under the settlement’s terms, UnitedHealth is paying $350 million to help compensate patients and physicians for 15 years of artificially low payments for out-of-network services.