Value-based payment
As value-based care models grow, hospitals, providers and payers need to align goals and incentives to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) Aug. 1 finalized a new mandatory payment model that will bundle payment to acute care hospitals for five types of surgical episodes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Aug. 1 issued its hospital inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) and long-term care hospital (LTCH) PPS final rule for fiscal year (FY) 2025.
C-suite executives will need to realize cost reductions of 15% to 20% by 2030 to create a foundation for long-term financial sustainability, a new Oliver Wyman analysis suggests.
The voluntary Episode Quality Improvement Program for specialist physicians saved Medicare $20 million in its first year, the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission announced April 11.
In the 14 years since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and 9 years since the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), there have been numerous programs developed by Medicare, states and commercial payers to support the movement to outcomes or value-based…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 29 released a report on the Expanded Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model that summarizes input from the first two meetings of a technical advisory panel considering potential refinements to the model’s methodology, measures and approach to…
In response to stakeholder feedback, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has extended through Dec. 14 the application deadline for the Making Care Primary Model, a new value-based payment model beginning next July in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, upstate…
Walgreens last week entered into a strategic partnership with Pearl Health, a technology platform for primary care physicians in value-based care arrangements. Just days earlier, Bloomberg reported that Walmart was exploring the purchase of a majority stake in ChenMed, a value-based care…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 14 released a request for applications to participate in the Making Care Primary Model, a new value-based payment model beginning next July in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, upstate New York, North Carolina, and…