Payment Models

CMS Innovation Center leader outlines strategy for Making America Healthy Again.

Discover how effective teamwork in health care enhances patient outcomes, optimizes care management and boosts staff satisfaction in value-based care settings.

Aledade and ACOs press CMS to fix benchmarking error that could slash shared savings

Survey finds small practices deliver high satisfaction and deeper patient relationships.

AAFP board chair details potential effects in critique of federal spending plan.

How do hospice services for end of life align with value-based care? Here’s what primary care physicians should know.

A new study in JAMA Health Forum finds women primary care physicians earn more under value-based models — while delivering better outcomes and fewer hospital visits.

Former Medicare innovation chief forecasts the future of payment for focusing on the patient.

Medicare data shows a shift toward larger, multispecialty and hospital-affiliated practices.

New National Academy of Medicine report examines Medicare reimbursement, the RUC, and the process of determining values of medical care and services.

Relative Value Scale Update Committee responds to analysis from National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

NAACOS urges Trump Administration to ensure ACOs and value-based care are part of health policy going forward.

With burnout, worker shortages and razor-thin margins, primary care doctors are in trouble in the United States, and Medicare is not helping.

Discover how effective teamwork in health care enhances patient outcomes, optimizes care management and boosts staff satisfaction in value-based care settings.

Health care leaders must strategically approach the financial and operational changes that come with Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care requirements or risk disruptions to revenue cycle management and ultimately, revenue leakage.

Physician-owned Wilmington Health identifies high-risk patients to deliver care at right time.

Physicians say they still feeling effects of massive computer breach at insurance giant.

Medicare Economic Index would better reflect doctor expenses while ensuring patient access, AMA says.

Formal vote comes ahead of June report to Congress on pay in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

Addressing the unique, complex needs in women’s health care while improving care, easing the burden on OB-GYNs, and ensuring adequate payment.

The time is now to create an action plan that fits your practice when it comes to cutting costs and raising revenue streams. Read Medical Economics Insider to get started.

Introducing the inaugural issue of Medical Economics Insider, featuring practical tips and expert interviews on medical practice finance, plus exclusive survey data on how physicians feel about nurse practitioner independence.

No matter how or when Medicaid cuts manifest, Medicaid plan leaders must act now to preserve member support and provider payment stability.

The agency says early termination could save taxpayers $750 million, but it raises concerns for primary care providers.

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.

Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner, MCP, discusses primary care in the U.S. health care system.