MedPage Today June 27, 2024
Joyce Frieden

— The program has “gotten off track and needs a thorough reevaluation and reformulation,” doc says

Value-based care — in which medical practices are paid based on the value of their care, not on volume — is a good idea but the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) need to improve its implementation, doctors and a healthcare executive told members of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee.

“I am a proponent of the need to move to value-based care, improving quality while decreasing wasteful spending and ensuring access,” Robert Berenson, MD, an institute fellow at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., said at Wednesday’s subcommittee hearing on improving value-based care for patients and providers. “However, I believe that...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare, Payment Models, Provider, Value Based
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