Value-based payment models focused on care delivery, such as accountable care organizations and specialty care models, provide an avenue for aligning quality measures, gain/risk sharing, and data ...

Value-based care continues to account for a substantial share of U.S. healthcare payments, underscoring sustained payer investment in payment models that link reimbursement to quality and cost ...

Many providers are finding they don’t yet have the resources to participate in or take on the risks associated with accountable care organizations. But it’s not an all-or-nothing situation. In fact, ...

Progressive care management approaches can enable meaningful, patient-centric outcomes without assuming risk. In Fresno, California, a woman receiving ongoing cancer treatment shared with her clinical ...

The first group of students recently completed their time in a new elective course, and they felt that the class really pushed them to think critically about the healthcare system, David Satin, M.D., ...

There is no doubt that the government is accelerating its shift to value-based payments, where physicians are rewarded — to an increasing extent — for quality, rather than quantity of care. And it’s ...

Value-based payment (VBP) models are increasingly adopted in oncology to promote high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered care. To identify essential characteristics of effective oncology ...

While value-based payment models seem great in theory, research shows that many primary care providers aren’t partaking in these models. Over the last 14 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

In the world of Medicare Advantage, a disturbing shift is occurring. What began as a noble push toward value-based care has increasingly morphed into an aggressive pursuit of value-based payment ...

CMMI can encourage the spread of better practices by launching cycles of testing and learning that seek to evaluate temporary, optional extensions of APMs, such as new patient engagement platforms, ...

WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years ago, policymakers had an epiphany: The health care system should pay for value instead of volume. Unfortunately, it’s now less clear than ever what value-based payment ...