The imperative for emergency medicine to create its own alternative payment model.

Am J Emerg Med

Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address:

Published: June 2017

Seven years after the Affordable Care Act legislated Alternative Payment Models, it is time for Emergency Medicine to find its place within this value-based trend by developing its own Alternative Payment Model.

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