The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) recently published its proposed payment rules for general acute care ...

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

Providers will only make a decisive pivot toward value and health generation if the business case for value-based payment (VBP) is compelling and other paths to sustainable revenues are closed off.

Acute care hospitals get a 2.6% payment increase under a final rule released Thursday afternoon by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This reflects a projected 2026 hospital market basket ...

From improving outcomes for vulnerable, post-acute patients to building collaborative networks using real-time data for measurable impact, it can take several different approaches to deliver quality ...

The Trump administration has locked in a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient services in the coming fiscal year as well as an industry-opposed mandatory payment model for five common surgical ...

Explore hospital strategies winning under CMS value-based payment models to succeed with mandatory bundles and accountable care structures.

Change Healthcare released a white paper titled “Value-Based Reimbursement: State-by-State,” which summarizes the landscape of value-based care in each state and what to expect for the future. Here, ...

Experts highlight that applying value-based payment models to atrial fibrillation care requires flexible, team-based approaches focused on reducing hospitalizations, repeat procedures, and stroke, ...