NEJM October 11, 2023
In assessing more than 10 years of value-based payment models, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation identified three themes that will inform new approaches to iterative learning, evaluation, and systematic assessment of strategies and interventions that are most effective at improving quality and care for patients.
Summary
Over the past decade, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) has tested more than 50 payment models with a range of participants and value-based payment features. Value-based payment models can provide the necessary flexibility to support care delivery that better addresses people’s health and health-related social needs. This transformation of the delivery system, supported...