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Medical Economics | February 4, 2019
Transitioning the U.S. healthcare system from one driven by volume to one driven by value could take another 15 to 20 years, experts say. For the independent physician, there is ample opportunity to consider a leadership role in the evolution by joining an accountable care organization (ACO). Federally regulated, fee-for-service Medicare ACOs are setting the standards for value-based payment structures nationwide, and participation remains voluntary.
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McKinsey & Company | January 31, 2019
Alternative payment models (APMs) are central to the efforts to reduce the growth in healthcare costs and improve outcomes for patients. Yet some stakeholders remain skeptical of their potential. This is understandable, because APMs have shown mixed results. We have identified seven characteristics of well-designed models that yield meaningful savings for payers, improve margins for high-value providers, and improve patient outcomes...
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Upcoming
Events
Fourteenth National Value-Based Payment and Pay for Performance Summit
February 25-27, 2019 | Los Angeles, CA
The Nineteenth Population Health Colloquium
March 18-20, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA
TIPAAA 24th Annual Meeting
March 21-23, 2019 | Orlando, FL
America's Physician Groups Annual Conference
April 11-13, 2019 | San Diego, CA
NAACOS Spring Conference 2019
April 24-26, 2019 | Baltimore, MD
10th National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit
June 17-19, 2019 | Washington, DC
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Health Affairs | January 29, 2019
Performance measurement is central to the promise of better care, better health and lower cost that alternative payment models (APMs) seek to deliver. The Healthcare Payment Learning and Action network's (LAN) annual progress report showed increased uptake of APMs, with 34 percent of 2017 payments in category 3 and 4 APMs and with payers anticipating continued APM expansion.
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Modern Healthcare | February 7, 2019
Providence St. Joseph Health leveraged data to reduce its knee replacement costs by more than $1 million a year.
The Renton, Wash.-based integrated health system first analyzed what drove variation across its 51-hospital network and targeted the use of antibiotic-infused bone cement. Hypothetically, it can stave off infections.
But the pre-mixed product added significant cost without substantial evidence that it was effective.
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