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Sept. 13, 2023 / By Steve Delaronde
Everyone wants quality at a fair price. This is the definition of value. However, when it comes to health care, value may not be the term that resonates most with […]
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May 8, 2023 / By Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA, Angela Haile-Selassie
I sat down with Dr. Sandeep Wadhwa, 3M Health Information Systems global chief medical officer, to talk about the growing buzz around the payvider model and how providers can determine […]
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June 20, 2022 / By Melissa Clarke, MD
For all the wonderful advancement in health care diagnostics and therapeutics, the U.S. health care system has yet to solve for high costs of care while also improving outcomes. These […]
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March 14, 2022 / By Melissa Clarke, MD
Population health, and the payment arrangements it supports, cannot be done successfully without incorporating social risk. Adoption of value-based payment The decade since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care […]
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May 17, 2021 / By Rick Kresinske
Ever heard a primary care physician (PCP) in a value-based payment (VBP) contract say they shouldn’t be responsible for a patient they’ve never seen? Have your non-PCP, specialty providers (specialists) […]
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March 22, 2021 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
If we want better health care outcomes in the U.S., we need to change the way we finance health care. Policies flowing from Medicare are a strong signal to the […]
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Sept. 30, 2020 / By Shannon Garrison, MBA, MJ
Value-based payment (VBP) contracts have been taking hold across the spectrum of payers. Unfortunately, COVID-19 will make it difficult for VBP contracts to be settled. At some interval (usually yearly), […]
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Aug. 14, 2020 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
These times of uncertainty and stress press us to rethink what we are doing and where we are headed in terms of health care. I had a chance to speak […]
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Dec. 2, 2019 / By Samuel Young, MD
Value-based reimbursement is the soup du jour in the medical industry these days. How value is defined, however, can vary depending on one’s perspective. Most experts in the field agree […]
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July 25, 2018 / By L. Gordon Moore, MD
The pressure to improve healthcare outcomes and reduce unnecessary use of healthcare resources weighs heavily on hospital and health system administrators working with tight margins. Success under value-based payment requires […]
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May 16, 2018 / By Richard Fuller, MS
Within the CMS proposed rule for FY2019 published at the end of April, there is a proposal to consolidate and improve the value-based purchasing (VBP) payment adjustment model. On the […]
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Jan. 29, 2018 / By Kristine Daynes
Recently, I reviewed the Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) scores for three hospitals recognized nationally for outstanding care and patient safety. They didn’t look good. The ratings for clinical outcomes […]