Value-Based Care: Not Just for Primary Care Practices
Donna Levigne of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois explains why the health plan makes specialty care a priority in value-based care contracting.
Value Based Payment Coalition Letter
HFMA and other healthcare stakeholders, sent a letter to the White House and Congressional leaders in support of the continued movement toward value-based payment.
Hospitals Lag in Value-Based Payment but Plan for the Future
Although only one quarter of hospitals will meet CMS’s 2018 goal for value-based care, the majority are on track to increase value-based models within the next three years.
New Accountable Care Collaborative Shares Provider Stories
The Accountable Care Learning Collaborative is collecting case studies that illustrate how organizations are adopting accountable care. For example, one case study shares how the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center tackled governance and physician engagement.
Requests for Health Information on the Rise
Healthcare reform, value-based payment, and increasing audit scrutiny make it increasingly important that hospitals improve their data sharing capabilities.
Finding Success in the Physician Feedback Program/Value-Based Modifier
By taking certain steps, physician practices can make the most of CMS’s quality outcome feedback and payment program.
Moving Forward: Case Studies
As part of its Value Project research, HFMA visits a number of healthcare organizations to learn firsthand how they are moving forward on the transition to value. The following three case studies are composites based on the organizations visited as
Determining the Process
Once an organization has identified its cost reconfiguration opportunities, it must put into place a process to ensure that those opportunities are realized and, once realized, maintained. Who should be involved? The overall
Assessing the Situation
As organizations position themselves for a value based care delivery and payment system, they must be alert both to opportunities for reducing cost structure and to the need to build the capabilities and make the investments needed to engage in
HFMA Executive Survey: Value-Based Payment Readiness
HFMA Executive Survey: Value-Based Payment Readiness explores ways hospitals are readying their value-driving capabilities and determining ROI of efforts in an environment where incentives increasingly are focused on improving quality and reducing costs of care delivery for patient populations.