2024 Measurement Effort
The 2024 HCPLAN Measurement Effort launched in May 2024 and concluded at the end of July 2024. Health plans, states, and Traditional Medicare provided retrospective data on actual dollars paid to providers and total lives covered in accountable care arrangements during calendar year (CY) 2023 or the most recent 12-month period for which the data was available.
A total of 73 health plans, four fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid states, and Traditional Medicare participated in the 2024 HCPLAN Measurement Effort representing almost 282.9 million, or 92.7% of people covered by an insurance plan in the commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, or Traditional Medicare lines of business.
The HCPLAN used metrics to determine the extent of APM adoption, asking health plans and states to report dollars paid in CY 2023, or in the most recent 12 months for which they had data:
- Medicare Advantage had 64.3% of health care dollars in Categories 3 and 4, and 43.0% were in downside risk APMs (Categories 3B and 4).
- Traditional Medicare had 42.0% of health care dollars in Categories 3 and 4, and 33.7% were in downside risk APMs (Categories 3B and 4).
- The Commercial line of business had 39.2% of health care dollars in Categories 3 and 4, and 21.6% were in downside risk APMs (Categories 3B and 4).
- Medicaid had 43.7% of health care dollars in Categories 3 and 4, and 21.1% were in downside risk APMs (Categories 3B and 4).
Publication Info
Publication date: November 14, 2024
35 pages
Suggested Citation: Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network. APM Measurement: Progress of Alternative Payment Models, 2024 Methodology and Results Report. November 14, 2024
The HCPLAN invited health plans across market segments, as well as managed Medicaid FFS states, to quantify the volume of health plan in- and out-of-network spending that flows through APMs. Each of the questions in the survey corresponded to the categories and subcategories of the HCPLAN’s Refreshed APM Framework, using the HCPLAN survey tool, definitions, and methodology.
In this year’s effort, 73 health plans, four Medicaid FFS states, and Traditional Medicare participated; the measurement results were based on data combined across the HCPLAN survey, the BCBSA survey, the AHIP survey, and Traditional Medicare data provided by CMS. Health plans, states, and Traditional Medicare reported the total dollars paid to providers according to the HCPLAN’s Refreshed APM Framework using the same survey questions and definitions. With this data, the HCPLAN calculated aggregate results at the category and subcategory level, as well as across lines of business.
For more information on the methodology, please read the Methodology and Results Report above.
Policy Makers
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Emily DuHamel Brower, M.B.A., is senior vice president of clinical integration and physician services for Trinity Health. Emphasizing clinical integration and payment model transformation, Ms. Brower provides strategic direction related to the evolving accountable healthcare environment with strong results. Her team is currently accountable for $10.4B of medical expense for 1.6M lives in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid and Commercial Alternative Payment Models.
Mr. James Sinkoff is the Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Sun River Health (formerly known as Hudson River HealthCare), and the Chief Executive Officer of Solutions 4 Community Health (S4CH); an MSO serving FQHCs and private physician practices.
Victor is the Chief Medical Officer for TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid Agency. At TennCare, Victor leads the medical office to ensure quality and effective delivery of medical, pharmacy, and dental services to its members. He also leads TennCare’s opioid epidemic strategy, social determinants of health, and practice transformation initiatives across the agency. Prior to joining TennCare, Victor worked at Evolent Health supporting value-based population health care delivery. In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Victor completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Emory University still practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System.
Dr. Brandon G. Wilson, DrPH, MHA (he, him, his) joined Community Catalyst as the Director of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, where he leads the Center in bringing the community’s experience to the forefront of health systems transformation and health reform efforts, in order to deliver better care, better value and better health for every community, particularly vulnerable and historically underserved populations. The Center works directly with community advocates around the country to increase the skills and power they have to establish an effective voice at all levels of the health care system. The Center collaborates with innovative health plans, hospitals and providers to incorporate communities and their lived experience into the design of systems of care. The Center also works with state and federal policymakers to spur change that makes the health system more responsive to communities. And it provides consulting services to health plans, provider groups and other health care organizations to help them create meaningful structures for engagement with their communities.
Tamara Ward is the SVP of Insurance Business Operations at Oscar Health, where she leads the National Network Contracting Strategy and Market Expansion & Readiness. Prior to Oscar she served as VP of Managed Care & Network Operations at TriHealth in Southwest Ohio. With over 15 years of progressive health care experience, she has been instrumental driving collaborative payer provider strategies, improving insurance operations, and building high value networks through her various roles with UHC and other large provider health systems. Her breadth and depth of experience and interest-based approach has allowed her to have success solving some of the most complex issues our industry faces today. Tam is passionate about driving change for marginalized communities, developing Oscar’s Culturally Competent Care Program- reducing healthcare disparities and improving access for the underserved population. Tamara holds a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati’s and M.B.A from Miami University.
Dr. Peter Walsh joined the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing as the Chief Medical Officer on December 1, 2020. Prior to joining HCPF, Dr. Walsh served as a Hospital Field Representative/Surveyor at the Joint Commission, headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
