AHA pushes value based care emphasizing alternative payment models and rural hospital support in Medicare and CHIP modernization efforts.

The shift toward value-based care may be inevitable, but without equitable rules, it risks creating new inefficiencies, Nikhil Shetty, MD, said. Dr. Shetty, COO of Midwest Interventional Spine ...

There is no doubt that the government is accelerating its shift to value-based payments, where physicians are rewarded — to an increasing extent — for quality, rather than quantity of care. And it’s ...

The U.S. health care system’s evolving transition to value-based payment presents unique challenges and opportunities for individuals with a serious illness who benefit from receiving coordinated care ...

While value-based payment models seem great in theory, research shows that many primary care providers aren’t partaking in these models. Over the last 14 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

The trend toward value-based payment for healthcare services is gaining momentum. For better or for worse, we have paid for healthcare in the U.S. on a fee-for-service basis – from the perspective of ...