The healthcare industry is awash in consumer financing options, for everything from plastic surgery to teeth whitening to a Botox top-up and your dog’s mangled paw. Dermatologists, vets and dentists – ...

Value-based care continues to account for a substantial share of U.S. healthcare payments, underscoring sustained payer investment in payment models that link reimbursement to quality and cost ...

The University of Michigan celebrated the 21st anniversary of its annual V-BID Summit on March 11, 2026, highlighting pathways to improve value-based insurance design and ensuring ...

The way healthcare is paid for is one of the most powerful levers shaping the future of the industry. Reimbursement structures determine which treatments are offered, how clinicians spend their time ...

Accountable alternative payment models remained steady in 2024, according to a Feb. 2 survey by America’s Health Insurance Plans. In 2024, 44.9% of healthcare payments stemmed from alternative payment ...

CMS is pursuing empiric fee-schedule accuracy in original Medicare (eg, validating procedure time assumptions) while rapidly expanding MSSP and CMMI pathways to move beyond unmanaged fee-for-service.

Although Medicaid has been slower than Medicare to embrace value-based care, an increasing number of states are defining Medicaid value-based care delivery systems and payment reforms. While ...

Among more than 3 million Medicare Advantage enrollees, value-based payment models outperformed fee-for-service models for all 15 clinical quality outcomes. The mean score differences for blood ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Total episode spending in a 90-day episode of care was reduced with a bundled payment model. Physicians and ...

Physician practices are engaging in new health care payment models intended to improve quality and reduce costs, but are finding that they need help with successfully managing increasing amounts of ...

A MAJOR health care reform is being piloted right here in the Northern Cape — and it could change how primary health care is funded across South Africa. The Phokwane Local Municipality, which includes ...