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 ...

On Jan. 1, CMS launched the latest value-based care model known as the Transforming Episode Accountability Model, or the TEAM ...

So how are these seemingly unrelated topics Cloud and Value Based Payments related? Both of these things are happening in the healthcare industry. Is one affecting the other? I would say yes. Value ...

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) ...

While value-based payment models seem great in theory, research shows that many primary care providers aren’t partaking in these models. Over the last 14 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One in three (33 percent) family physicians are already actively pursuing value-based payment opportunities today, with another 19 percent developing value-based ...

The business of healthcare has evolved significantly over the last two decades as stakeholders, from providers to policymakers, have looked for ways to manage costs while improving patient outcomes ...

Many providers are finding they don’t yet have the resources to participate in or take on the risks associated with accountable care organizations. But it’s not an all-or-nothing situation. In fact, ...

On Wall Street, health executives love to talk about “value-based care.” Since 2011, the term has popped up in earnings calls 1,800 times, health news website Stat reported in early December. The ...