CMS has overhauled the Global and Professional Direct Contracting model and announced the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (REACH) model. The redesigned accountable care organization...
A group of former appointees under the Obama administration are urging federal officials to preserve the Global and Professional Direct Contracting model, stating that the model helps accountable care...
More than 200 healthcare organizations, including America’s Physician Groups (APG) and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), have urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to...
Value-based care platform Signify Health has signed an agreement to acquire Caravan Health and aims to increase participation in value-based payment models and improve patient outcomes.
The merger...
Despite a decades-long push toward value-based payment, physician compensation arrangements at health system-owned practices still primarily revolves around the volume of services delivered, according...
Most healthcare payments made in 2020 were tied in some way to value or quality of care, according to the latest data from the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN).
The LAN’s latest APM Measurement report showed...
Providence St. Joseph Health has been at the forefront of delivering high-quality, affordable care to patients. Value-based care is a vital pillar of the health system’s strategic plan for transforming care to improve outcomes and...
The delivery and payment of care will look a lot different by 2030, according to CMS. The federal agency has announced that it expects all Medicare beneficiaries with Parts A and B to be in a care...
The majority of accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program earned shared savings last year despite dealing with a global pandemic that altered healthcare...
Organizations that do strong vendor relationships, invest in the organization, and are willing to take on commercial risk will be poised to take on downside risk financial contracts. Through working...
An all-payer model that puts caps on hospital spending has slowed surgical spending and the rate of avoidable complications across major surgical procedures, according to a recent study published in...
In August 2020, Aetna and Cleveland Clinic announced an innovative product for employers in Northeast Ohio. The two leading healthcare organizations partnered to form an accountable care organization...
Clinician burnout, lay-offs, and other healthcare workforce challenges coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic are creating issues for primary care, according to a new survey.
About 40 percent of over 700...
Accountable care organization (ACO) growth has hit a snag again, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the number of ACOs in public and private contracts, according to a new analysis.
The analysis...
To advance value-based care, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has suggested that HHS reduce its number of alternative payment models (APMs) now that it has lessons learned from a wide...
The Triple Aim. The Quadruple Aim. Right care at the right place at the right time. Whether one works in a hospital or small independent practice, healthcare providers are leaning on these concepts to deliver valuable care to their...
The COVID-19 pandemic has blown the doors wide open on telehealth, especially with new reimbursement parity policies. But value-based contracts can support the growing interest in remote patient...
Dozens of physician and hospital groups are seeking another opportunity to sign up for the new directing contracting model days after the CMS closed down applications for future cohorts.
The agency...
The healthcare system is at a critical point in its transition to value-based care a decade after implementation of the Affordable Care Act and its Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI),...
A group of leading healthcare industry groups are calling on HHS to provide more full-risk accountable care organization (ACO) model options, including an extension of the popular Next Generation ACO...
