AMA News Wire New bipartisan bill a crucial boost to Medicare value-based care What’s the news: The AMA is pressing Congress to make key legislative changes that will help facilitate greater physician participation in alternative payment models (APMs), which are intended to accelerate the delivery of high-quality care and generate savings for the Medicare program. Now a bipartisan group of legislators has introduced H.R. 5013, the Value in Health Care Act. The AMA applauded the bill’s introduction by Reps. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., Larry Bucshon, MD, R-Ind., and Kim Schrier, MD, D-Wash. Speak up for Medicare reform The need for Medicare physician payment reform has never been greater. The AMA shows how the current system is unsustainable—and how you can urge Congress to support solutions. Learn More “The movement toward value-based care—designing payment models to support quality and coordination of patient care rather