Payers and hospital finance executives agree that health IT inadequacies and insufficient physician buy-in are top barriers to value-based purchasing adoption, two recent surveys revealed.
The...
Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.4 percent, researchers projected the global healthcare supply chain management market to reach $2.31 billion by 2022, a recent Markets and Markets...
Value-based reimbursement success hinges on decreasing low-value care across patient populations, explained Scott Weingarten, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at...
In response to a Request for Information from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), AMGA recently called on CMS to “define value in a meaningful way” to ensure...
An overwhelming majority of clinicians who participated in the final year of the Value-Based Payment Modifier (Value Modifier) program will receive neutral payment adjustments in 2018, according to new...
If CMS moves forward with relaxing Medicare Advantage benefit requirements, then the federal agency should offer the same flexibilities to providers and beneficiaries in Medicare Part B alternative...
The recent decision from CMS to cancel two mandatory bundled payments programs slated to launch in 2018 was a “step in the wrong direction for pursuing a healthcare system that focuses on value...
Pay-for-performance models aim to reward providers for high-quality care at lower costs. However, value-based reimbursement structures tend to require substantial upfront and ongoing investments and put practice revenue at risk, straining...
Providers understand that high hospital readmission rates spell trouble for patient outcomes. But excessive rates may also threaten a hospital's financial health, especially in a value-based...
Vermont’s healthcare reform group, Green Mountain Care Board, recently approved a budget of $620 million for OneCare Vermont, an accountable care organization (ACO) working with Medicare,...
Fee-for-service was still the dominant source of medical practice revenue in 2016, the American Medical Association (AMA) recently reported.
Almost 84 percent of physicians stated that their practice...
Almost 60 percent of federal revenue and 37 percent of commercial revenue will stem from risk-based models by 2019, according to a new AMGA survey.
The survey of 74 AMGA medical groups uncovered that...
Rising healthcare costs, shrinking reimbursement rates, and federal policies are driving hospitals and health systems to adopt value-based reimbursement, according to a new American Hospital...
Creating a high-value culture, engaging in proactive population health management, and implementing an infrastructure that promotes continuous performance improvement were key characteristics of 11...
At first glance, value-based care models appear to work against independent physicians. The risk-based arrangement requires a coordination of services across care continuum — primarily between...
Slightly more family physicians are actively pursuing value-based reimbursement opportunities compared to two years ago despite persistent barriers, Humana and the American Academy of Family Physicians...
CMS aims to tie 90 percent of Medicare fee-for-service payments to quality by the end of 2018, with one-half of those payments to be paid under a value-based contract with some degree of financial...
From capturing patient risk to meeting quality measures, providers face a daunting list of items needed to achieve the Triple Aim of value-based care. But healthcare organizations will not see lasting...
Value-based care hinges on data analytics and provider communication across the care continuum. However, post-acute care providers do not have the health IT infrastructure or communication workflows in...
Over 40 states have a plan for value-based reimbursement adoption and only seven states have engaged in little to no activities relating to value-based healthcare payment reform, according to a new...
