April 17, 2024 - Independent physician practices face a multitude of challenges in an increasingly complex healthcare landscape—from mounting administrative burdens and declining reimbursement rates to maintaining proper staff levels and overcoming technology deficits.
"Healthcare costs are going up for providers and patients alike," says Dr. Auren Weinberg,...
The American Medical Association (AMA), the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS), and AHIP have released a playbook on value-based care best practices, highlighting the...
The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) has urged congressional leaders to ensure provider stability by incentivizing value-based care, preventing additional Medicare payment cuts, and preserving...
Value-based care models must address both primary and specialty care to improve patient outcomes and reduce spending. A CMS Innovation Center strategy details ongoing efforts to integrate specialty...
Washington DC-based Risant Health recently announced the complete acquisition of Geisinger, a health system in Pennsylvania that serves approximately 1.2 million people. The 10-hospital system, with...
In the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), accountable care organizations (ACOs) prioritize annual wellness visits, care transitions, and clinician engagement, as Medicare Advantage growth causes...
As healthcare spending rises, shifting away from fee-for-service payment and delivery models that incentivize volume over value is imperative. Families USA and other consumer advocacy groups are urging...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are a common way healthcare providers can transition from fee-for-service to value-based care delivery. In ACOs, providers come together to deliver quality coordinated care to patients while usually...
The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) have released recommendations on how to increase accountable care...
Despite recent methodology changes, teaching and safety-net hospitals continue to be more frequently penalized in the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP), a study published in JAMA...
More accountable care organizations (ACOs) are participating in Medicare programs this year, including a new, permanent payment option in the Shared Savings Program.
CMS recently announced ACO...
Bassett Healthcare Network, a New York-based health system, has partnered with Helios Care to provide patients with value-based hospice and palliative care.
Patients in five counties across Central...
The shift to value-based care has driven public and private payers to redesign reimbursement models that stress accountability for care quality and healthcare costs. As the fee-for-service environment...
Healthcare organizations are becoming more familiar with value-based care, but opportunities remain to improve and expand upon the care delivery model, according to a survey conducted by Sage Growth...
The healthcare payment process is undergoing a dramatic transformation as payers and providers shift from volume to value. While stakeholders are currently piloting many value-based care models, accountable care organizations (ACOs) are...
Over half of healthcare payments last year were made through value-based reimbursement models, with most of those payments tied to some degree of financial risk, according to the latest data from the Health Care Payment & Learning...
Reducing barriers to Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation for physicians in rural areas could help promote value-based care and control rising Medicare spending, according to research...
Advocate Health is a value-based care leader. More than 2.4 million lives are covered by the health system’s value-based care contracts, which include 12 different accountable care organizations (ACOs) and clinically integrated...
Medicaid value-based payment reform was associated with an increase in behavioral health visits for patients with mental health conditions, a study published in JAMA Health Forum found.
As of 2020, 12...
As its name states, the Vermont All-Payer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model is an arrangement that incorporates patients with both private and public healthcare coverage, but what makes this model so appealing to providers? Is this...
