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Value-based payment: Health systems don’t support doctors

Key Takeaways

  • Value-based payment models often inadequately resource frontline physicians, creating financial challenges for them.
  • Misalignment in resource allocation can deter primary care practitioners from participating in value-based models.
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A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.

Health systems that participate in value-based payment models do not necessarily give adequate resources to physicians providing the frontline care. That can become a financial challenge for doctors. Ann S. O’Malley, MD, MPH, a researcher for Mathematica, continues explaining some of the financial findings of the study, “Why Primary Care Practitioners Aren’t Joining Value-Based Payment Models: Reasons and Potential Solutions.”

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