Search Tag: value-based payment models

2019 24 Jul

A new collaboration between the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School' s (HBS) Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness aims to improve healthcare value. The initiative's ultimate objective is to develop a tool that hospitals can use to better measure quality and cost of care delivery.     Officials from both organisations,...Read more

2018 10 Jul

Amidst rising health costs in the U.S., researchers have examined the role of value-based care and competition in the cost equation. They found that across 900 different markets, value-based payment models had not produced the expected reductions in costs, mainly because many markets have few value-based options available. In addition, many of...Read more

2017 08 Dec

Provision of quality care at low cost is at the heart of the new value-based care model. Evidence suggests that value-based contracting has led to a reduction in insurer costs and utilisation, which is why it remains a top strategic consideration for many organisations, according to a report from the Health Care Transformation Task Force (HCTTF).  ...Read more