Value-based payment: Or is it fee-for-service? Or both?

Key Takeaways

• Physicians frequently use both fee-for-service and value-based payment models, each with distinct implications for primary care reimbursement.
• Fee-for-service models can distort incentives and inadequately compensate primary care services, posing challenges for practitioners.
• Value-based payment models aim to address these issues but do not fully resolve the challenges faced by primary care practitioners.
• The study explores financial dynamics and suggests solutions to encourage primary care practitioners to adopt value-based models.