Payment Models

To transform the promise of value-based care into reality, the health care industry must truly work together and accelerate the implementation and adoption of this impactful care model

Commonwealth Fund experts consider value-based care, but it’s likely not a magic bullet to reduce administrative costs or friction.

Study examines quality measures per contract and finds there are a lot of them.

DPC improves the physician-patient relationship by reducing administrative tasks, removing insurance company middlemen, and focusing on individualized care.

A specialist in internal medicine and migraines evaluates the practical and financial conditions that are cracking the foundation of health care across the nation.

A slideshow with key findings from a study by The Commonwealth Fund.

How does value-based care work in a retail clinic setting? Quite well, when partnerships, technology and payment combine to serve patients.

Providers, health plans, governments, charitable organizations and patients must be collaboratively engaged for VBC to work.

ACO advocates outline steps for CMS to communicate and change rules regarding patient engagement.

As value-based care adoption grows, payers and providers must find the right tools to transform adversarial interactions into partnerships that put patients at the center of care.

With AI's health care boom, many physicians seek guidance on meaningful integration.

Feds continue analyzing situation involving more than $2 billion in possible fraud.

House subcommittee holds hearing on best ways to shift from fee-for-service for treatments, to incentivizing better health for patients.

What are the potential opportunity costs of not making the transition to value-based care?

VBC models can be challenging, and success requires an understanding of the reimbursement model, significant investment in infrastructure and possible changes in the way medicine is practiced.

While there are general steps that health care providers can take to ease the transition to value-based care and be prepared for the future, leadership and standards are imperative to making a full transition to value-based care work.

Request to CMS is prompted by unexpected spike in catheter prices from some suppliers

New Commonwealth Fund data measures latest inequities in care across racial and ethnic populations.

Health care system transformation and the push to value-based care contracting is a journey

As the backbone of the health care system, primary care doctors need more resources and greater support from policymakers

Culture, data, clinical change and patients all are essential to operating accountable care organizations, experts say.

Collaboration across CMS centers and with ACO participants is key.

President and CEO Gaus to step down in the fall.

NAACOs, AMA, AHIP join for second volume of recommendations for payment arrangements.

CMS initiative aims to provide practices with more flexibility for meeting patients’ needs