48 States Running Value-Based Reimbursement, Care Initiatives
RevCycle Intelligence April 17, 2019
A new study finds nearly all states and territories use value-based reimbursement and care models, including multi-payer initiatives, ACOs, and bundled payments.
Forty-eight states have implemented value-based reimbursement or care programs as of February 2019, representing a seven-fold increase compared to five years ago, a new Change Healthcare study shows.
The second national study of state healthcare payment programs also found that about one-half of the value-based reimbursement initiatives are multi-payer in scope, and only four states have little to no value-based payment (VBP) initiatives underway.
“Much of the public’s attention is focused on the federal government’s role in catalyzing healthcare payment reform, but the significant work being done at the state level is no less important and meaningful,” Carolyn...