Northern Michigan's Munson Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) are venturing into the developing world of new payment models by launching a value-based hospital reimbursement ...

Three California-based health plans – Aetna, Blue Shield of California and Health Net – have come together to implement a shared value-based payment model under the California Advanced Primary Care ...

Value-based care models in oncology must be adaptable to balance quality, cost, and patient outcomes amid evolving clinical practices and cost structures. Advanced therapies complicate payment model ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched a new risk-based primary care initiative on Monday to accelerate the shift toward value-based reimbursement with a focus on health IT and ...

Using heart failure as an example, we explore technical issues with episode-based payments that are best resolved within the ...

Evidence suggests that adoption of oncology biosimilars in Medicare value-based payment models has produced substantial cost savings and improved provider financial performance. Objectives: To ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS – As more healthcare organizations begin adopting some form of a value-based payment model, only 3 percent of providers believe their organizations are highly prepared to make the ...

HIMSS wants to know how prepared providers are for value-based payment models, and through Dec. 31 the organization will be collecting data and perspective in its Cost Accounting Survey. “In an effort ...

The U.S. healthcare system is at a crossroads, embarking on a crucial transformation in how care is financed. For decades, we've operated under a fee-for-service (FFS) model, which incentivizes ...

Many providers are finding they don’t yet have the resources to participate in or take on the risks associated with accountable care organizations. But it’s not an all-or-nothing situation. In fact, ...

Knee, hip and ankle replacements are among the most frequent surgeries for people with Medicare. That’s why since 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been experimenting with value ...