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 ...

Health systems moving toward a value-based care delivery model need to adjust several operational factors to be successful. This includes creating pathways for a better patient experience as well as ...

Value-based care arrangements have been around for more than 20 years, but risk-based contracts haven't scaled as rapidly as the industry expected. Providers and payers are finding there is no "easy ...

Transitioning to risk-based contracts showed no significant impact on low-value service use or overall healthcare utilization. Difference-in-differences analysis revealed some reductions in specific ...

Value-based care was designed to deliver better outcomes, shared savings, and stronger payer-provider alignment. Yet in practice, contracts often stall under the weight of administrative complexity – ...

Value-focused patient care is transforming medical practice. As rising healthcare costs in the United States challenge the widely used fee-for-service architecture, innovative, patient-centered care ...

Care New England Health System in Providence, R.I., has participated in value-based contracting for years with some success. But over the last 12 to 18 months, the health system has reframed how they ...

Pennsylvania health insurer Independence Blue Cross (IBX) has partnered with post-acute benefit enablement company tango to expand access to home health ...

Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Humana are collaborating on a new data exchange model to boost value-based care. The 51-hospital system and payer giant say they plan to go live in October with ...

In value-based care, nothing happens without access to robust data. It powers everything from advanced analytics to predictive AI models. It provides a holistic picture of population health and ...

In health care, the term "excellence" often surfaces in mission statements and promotional materials—but what does it genuinely mean? In a sector where human lives, dignity and trust are at stake, the ...