A new policy statement aimed at clinicians treating patients with cardiovascular disease has provided a snapshot of value-based payment programs and laid out a vision for what they should look like as ...

The traditional fee-for-service (FFS) healthcare model isn’t well-suited to meet the complex needs of patients with chronic illnesses including chronic kidney disease (CKD). As costs spiral and ...

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is rethinking how orthopedic care can succeed under value-based, as well as risk-based, payment models. Eric Makhni, MD, is a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon and ...

Transitioning from fee for service into value-based care has big challenges for health systems. But it doesn’t have to become a monumental change. John Herman, CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster Health, ...

A study directly comparing results from a Medicare Advantage (MA) two-sided risk model to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare is making a positive impact in the transformation to value-based care. The ...

CMS should no longer separate management of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Alternative Payment Models, according to a policy brief published in Health Affairs. While APMs are aimed at ...

As federal and commercial payers expand bundled and risk-based payment models, orthopedic practices are adapting to new expectations around cost, quality and care coordination. Orthopedics has long ...

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 ...

Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...

In January 2023, legislation was filed in Massachusetts (Bill S.750) that aims to improve health and reduce health inequities by doubling primary care investment in the state. S.750 was referred to ...

Family physicians utilizing value-based payment (VBP) models reported burnout relief in a new study from EHR company Elation Health and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The study ...