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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has piloted more than 50 alternative payment models (APMs) ...

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 ...

A new report has found 75 percent of healthcare providers participate in at least one type of value-based payment model. The report — from Availity, a revenue cycle management and business solutions ...

The Situation: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has announced significant changes to its value-based payment model portfolio projected to save $750 million as part of a shift in ...

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 ...

A new study released by FTI Consulting has found a disparity between payers and physicians when it comes to value-based payment models. Here are six statistics from the study. • 41 percent of primary ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Supplemental Benefits in Medicare Advantage, featuring analysis and discussion from all stakeholder perspectives with the goal of ...

A new collaboration between three health plans is aiming to improve primary care in California and reduce physician burnout. Blue Shield of California, Aetna and Health Net are all participating in ...

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 ...