34% of healthcare payments were tied to value-based care last year, report finds

Becker's Healthcare October 22, 2018
Kelly Gooch

The percentage of U.S. healthcare payments tied to value-based care increased in 2017 to 34 percent, according to a report from the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, a public-private partnership launched by HHS.

The report suggests an increase from 23 percent over two years.

For the report, the network examined fee-for-service Medicare data. It also examined data from 61 health plans and three fee-for-service Medicaid states on in- and out-of-network spending tied to alternative payment models, such as shared savings, shared risk, bundled payments and population-based payments. That included any available pharmacy and behavioral health spending.

The report found 34 percent of healthcare payments, representing about 226 million Americans and nearly 80 percent of the nation’s covered populations,...

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