Gene Green: “I am certain today's hearing will provide the committee a more complete understanding of why these regions are…”

These numbers are troubling as we are because even more acute when you look at the existing racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities.

Critically, MACRA encourages providers to move away from fee-for-service and participate in a new delivery model that will reduce costs while increasing quality.

It is the hope of our committee and Congress that these investments are being put towards finding a cure for many of our nation's biggest medical priorities.

I was surprised after I got up and talked about MACRA and how we are trying to stay attuned to it as members of Congress, watching what the agency does.