As part of value-based care (VBC) and population health initiatives, health systems are leveraging AI and digital technology to improve quality, engage patients at scale and prevent avoidable ...

The trend toward value-based payment for healthcare services is gaining momentum. For better or for worse, we have paid for healthcare in the U.S. on a fee-for-service basis – from the perspective of ...

For many years, the American health care system has followed a simple model: Pay providers for the services they deliver. This fee-for-service model, still used today, pays providers based on the ...

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 ...

Value-based payment (VBP) models are increasingly adopted in oncology to promote high-quality, cost-effective, and patient-centered care. To identify essential characteristics of effective oncology ...

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 ...

The Nebraska Medical Center and Methodist Health System, both based in Omaha, Neb., have joined forces to create a health plan network, according to an Omaha World-Herald report. The Affordable Care ...

Self-insured employers face legal challenges in adopting value-based models, including ERISA fiduciary duties, HIPAA restrictions, and antitrust concerns. Standardized data definitions and performance ...