RamaOnHealthcare January 12, 2016
Today’s release of the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework White Paper defines payment model categories and establishes a common framework and a set of conventions for measuring progress in the adoption of APMs, which are methods of rewarding health care providers based on the quality and coordination of the care they provide.
APMs are important mechanisms for delivering high-quality, cost-effective, person-centered health care. In the APM Framework, all payments to health care providers fall within one of four categories. Providers are encouraged to move to categories that offer greater quality and value. As they do so,...