Depending on their experience with value-based payment models, providers may need to invest in new or enhanced operational capacities.

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PORTLAND, Maine — Direct primary care, where patients pay a monthly fee to join a doctor's office, is becoming more popular in Maine. A similar option has already signed up 1,400 patients in less than ...

More than one in seven adults in the United States are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD), a disease caused by diabetes, hypertension, or other health care conditions that cause severe ...

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 ...

Medicare Advantage members in value-based care arrangements had 24.3% fewer inpatient hospital admissions than those in Original Medicare in 2024. Humana Medicare Advantage members receiving ...

Post-discharge care is often a major stumbling block in managing patient outcomes. Inadequate post-discharge care is a common contributor to hospital readmissions, which can lead to additional ...

Healthcare systems face a dual challenge of ensuring access to innovations while preserving financial sustainability, giving rise to value-based medicine (VBM), which balances clinical benefit and ...

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 ...

Despite many advances in care, the U.S. health system continues to underperform in several important respects. Health outcomes are highly variable and often fall short of what is seen in other ...

South Dakota, with two large urban centers and miles of vast, rural prairie in between, faces unique challenges when it comes to health care coverage. In several areas of the state, access to health ...