HHS plans to shift half of Medicare provider payments to alternative payment models by 2018. These alternative models would be linked with quality and value. But is this goal as radical as it seems?

Boston-based Partners Healthcare, anchored by renowned academic medical centers Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's, collects about $6 billion in cash a year and processes millions ...

The trend toward value-based payment for healthcare services is gaining momentum. For better or for worse, we have paid for healthcare in the U.S. on a fee-for-service basis – from the perspective of ...

While value-based payment models seem great in theory, research shows that many primary care providers aren’t partaking in these models. Over the last 14 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

Value-based care has been slowly gaining traction in the U.S. Some Rhode Island providers are trying to transition their practices away from fee-for-service and toward value-based care The key ...

The traditional fee-for-service (FFS) healthcare model isn’t well-suited to meet the complex needs of patients with chronic illnesses including chronic kidney disease (CKD). As costs spiral and ...

Transitioning from fee for service into value-based care has big challenges for health systems. But it doesn’t have to become a monumental change. John Herman, CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster Health, ...

The healthcare landscape is shifting — fast. As the industry moves away from fee for-service and toward value-based care, practice groups must rethink how they deliver and get paid for care. But ...

The American healthcare system is shifting away from traditional fee-for-service (FFS) to a new payment model, one that ties provider reimbursement to patient results rather than the quantity of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Is value-based care working in America? It’s a broad question, and the answer you get ...