The discount rate serves to protect the Medicare Trust Funds by reducing benchmarks and thereby improves the likelihood of achieving savings for the Medicare program for risk tracks that can feature up to 100 percent shared savings rates, such as the Global Risk Sharing Option in the ACO REACH Model
Further, the TCA gives the FDA the authority to regulate products that are marketed with deceptive and misleading information to consumers 13
While some progress has been made, more work is needed holistically to enhance the clinical trial infrastructure
It's kind of like putting gas in your car is the daily maintenance to make things go, getting your oil changed to make sure things are running well and tune ups to prevent engine failure, explained Graves
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Initially, this was accomplished primarily through the 5-year review process, which resulted in revised work RVUs for CY 1997, CY 2002, CY 2007, and CY 2012, and revised PE RVUs in CY 2001, CY 2006, and CY 2011, and revised MP RVUs in CY 2010, CY 2015, and CY 2020