In a presentation at the Becker’s Hospital Review 5th Annual CEO Roundtable + CFO Roundtable on Nov. 9 in Chicago, a panel of industry experts discussed the rapid transition to value-based care and ...

As part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, 42 states are expanding or establishing new alternative payment models, a recent analysis shows.  | Forty-two states are expanding or establishing ...

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...

Public and safety-net hospitals are faring the worst within CMS’ Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program, according to a blog post by Ashish K. Jha, MD, a professor at the Harvard School of Public ...

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 ...

From improving outcomes for vulnerable, post-acute patients to building collaborative networks using real-time data for measurable impact, it can take several different approaches to deliver quality ...

Recent federal and state policies have been facilitating the participation of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in value-based payment programs to transform care delivery for underserved ...

Experts highlight that applying value-based payment models to atrial fibrillation care requires flexible, team-based approaches focused on reducing hospitalizations, repeat procedures, and stroke, ...

Just over three-quarters of health system and hospital C-suites say they plan to increase value-based care model participation within the next two years, up from the 57% who indicated similarly back ...

Under a managed care arrangement, Medicaid MCOs determine the rates they pay providers for inpatient hospital services.

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 ...

“Value-based care” (VBC) is one of the most frequently cited goals in U.S. healthcare reform — yet its meaning remains frustratingly vague and often contradictory. We hear that value-based care is the ...