Value-based care promises improved outcomes for patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, and there is growing pressure for health systems ...

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 ...

Value-based care has been slowly gaining traction in the U.S. Some Rhode Island providers are trying to transition their practices away from fee-for-service and toward value-based care The key ...

The traditional fee-for-service (FFS) healthcare model isn’t well-suited to meet the complex needs of patients with chronic illnesses including chronic kidney disease (CKD). As costs spiral and ...

Transitioning from fee for service into value-based care has big challenges for health systems. But it doesn’t have to become a monumental change. John Herman, CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster Health, ...

Value-based payment models beat fee-for-service models in clinical quality outcomes among Medicare Advantage (MA) members, ...

The American healthcare system is shifting away from traditional fee-for-service (FFS) to a new payment model, one that ties provider reimbursement to patient results rather than the quantity of ...

The healthcare landscape is shifting — fast. As the industry moves away from fee for-service and toward value-based care, practice groups must rethink how they deliver and get paid for care. But ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule is a big deal. The fee schedule determines what services are covered for what price. When setting the fee schedule, policymakers seek to balance a number of goals ...

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...