Forcing providers to participate in alternative payment models (APMs) will do little to incentivize providers to make the care delivery and payment changes needed to reduce costs and improve quality,...
We are quickly heading to the value-based purchasing tipping point, according to the Vice President of Network Management at Health Partners Plans in Pennsylvania.
“While adoption rates are...
Prices are still the primary reason healthcare spending in the US more than doubled from 2000 to 2016, revealed a new follow-up study to the landmark 2003 article titled “It’s the Prices,...
Leading healthcare industry groups are concerned that the overhaul of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) will impede the transition to value-based care.
On December 21, 2018, CMS finalized...
A large group of major healthcare payers and health systems are reporting that nearly half of their business rests in value-based payment arrangements.
The Health Care Transformation Task Force (Task...
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) saved more than previously thought, according to a new analysis.
The updated analysis of MSSP ACO savings from the...
2018 has kept healthcare revenue cycle management and finance leaders on their toes. The healthcare industry continued its slow, but steady transition to value-based care and purchasing all while...
Healthcare interoperability is vital to the transition to value-based payments, the second in command at HHS recently stated at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology...
Clinicians are more skeptical about the benefits or viability of value-based care and reimbursement compared to healthcare executives, a new survey shows.
Only about one-third of clinicians (38...
Supporting primary care will bring value-based care results, asserts Humana’s Chief Medical Officer Roy Beveridge, MD.
Value-based arrangements between providers and payers have the lofty, yet...
Value-based reimbursement models are moving the needle on quality and cost, a new analysis from Humana shows.
In 2017, medical costs for patients attributed to primary care practices (PCPs) in...
“Do not put each foot in a different boat,” warned Partners HealthCare CFO Peter Markell at Xtelligent Healthcare Media’s third annual Value-Based Care Summit in Boston.
But the...
How the healthcare industry delivers and pays for primary care is changing as the country finds their healthcare spending skyrocketing.
Healthcare spending across the country is slated to increase at...
Transitioning to value-based purchasing and responding to healthcare consumerism continue to be among the top challenges, issues, and opportunities healthcare C-suite leaders are facing in 2019,...
Hospitals are looking to strategically expand their footprint in the non-acute care space to succeed in value-based care and alternative payment models, a new study of hospital decisionmakers...
A national multi-sector alliance of healthcare industry leaders is looking to incentivize providers and payers to deliver coordinated, holistic addiction recovery services to patients through a new...
A collaborative culture, prior value-based reimbursement experience, and robust EHR use are among the top factors contributing to accountable care organization (ACO) success, according to a new report...
Academic medical centers (AMCs) are key members of the healthcare industry, engaging in medical research, uncovering clinical breakthroughs, and training future providers. However, a new analysis by...
Providers wanting to expand their value-based reimbursement contracts may want to look to the employer-sponsored health plan market, according to a new report from the Duke-Margolis Center for Health...
As value-based reimbursement puts financial pressure on providers, healthcare organizations are striving for efficiency, cost control, and sustainability. An increasingly popular strategy to fulfill all these goals is to engage in hospital...
