by Jordana Choucair | Feb 15, 2022 | Transition to Value
Provider groups are lobbying Congress and federal regulators to not revoke the Direct Contracting payment model, which allows providers to get capitated population-based payments. The efforts come amid concerns from progressive groups and lawmakers that most direct...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 1, 2022 | Transition to Value
A new Lancet Commission on the Value of Death released a report calling for society to “rethink” how it approaches death. According to the authors, “How people die has changed dramatically over the past 60 years, from a family event with occasional medical...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 31, 2022 | Transition to Value
A RAND study found that health systems largely still pay primary care physicians and specialists based on volume-based incentives. Furthermore, 70 percent of practices use “increasing the volume of services delivered” as a means for physicians to increase their...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 27, 2022 | Transition to Value
The CMS announced that 66 new ACOs joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and 140 existing ACOs renewed their participation for a new agreement period starting January 1, 2022. This brings the total number of ACOs in the MSSP to 483 in 2022, up slightly...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 7, 2021 | Transition to Value
A report from consulting firm Mathematica found that the Independence at Home model hasn’t meaningfully improved primary care at home or curbed program costs. The report contradicts CMS, which has reported savings since the project launched six years ago....
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 2, 2021 | Transition to Value
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation withdrew a program focused on care coordination for seriously ill Medicare patients without primary care doctors. The program, which was intended to be part of the Primary Care First model, was nixed after a review found...
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