Physicians Practice April 24, 2024
Duane Feger

Key strategies for profitability with new payment models.

Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010, CMS has been encouraging physician practices to move from a fee-for-service payment model to one that rewards value. It has been testing models that incentivize clinicians to provide preventive, proactive, and appropriate care that improves patient outcomes and experience and decreases unnecessary healthcare spending. Most recently, it has focused on ensuring health equity across all patient populations.

Many practices experienced the financial benefits of value-based care (VBC) during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when they received regular per patient payments from value-based care contracts, despite a significant decline in service volume. If your practice was not amongst them, you may...

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Topics: CMS, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Provider, Value Based
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