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Primary care physicians reimbursed in a global capitation model perform better on key quality metrics than those in a fee-for-service model, a new study from UnitedHealth Group shows. Under global ...

Attend any healthcare conference and you’ll quickly discover that it’s become downright fashionable for healthcare leaders to talk about their unwavering commitment to “value-based care.” The ...

Value-based care in its simplest definition rests on the assurance of value for every healthcare dollar spent. The term “value” though, is open to interpretation. Which means that it is subject to ...

Difficulty scheduling an urgent or time-sensitive appointment is now the most common gripe my patients sound off about to my primary care colleagues and me. Our practice is not the exception — it has ...

Arthur Vercillo, MD, FACS, regional president, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, does not agree that providers were not influenced when presented with value-based practice data. He believes that ...

There is increasing consensus that value-based care (VBC) holds multi-dimensional promise to improve care delivery, reduce costs, and increase physician satisfaction. In primary care, for example, ...

Wellvana has struck a 20-year affiliation with Mercy that will offer the system’s nonemployed primary care physicians and advanced practice providers participation in value-based care. The arrangement ...

In the last two posts, we have explored how to clarify what is important to us. Clarifying and refining our values is an ongoing, iterative process. However, once we have identified some directions ...

Preventing or delaying the onset of end-stage kidney disease is vital. By implementing a results-driven, value-based approach, Dallas Nephrology Associates has demonstrated improved patient outcomes ...

This article clarifies how the freedom of thought as a human right can be understood and promoted as a right of mental health service users, especially people with psychotic disorder, by using Martha ...