Health Affairs January 29, 2019
Performance measurement is central to the promise of better care, better health and lower cost that alternative payment models (APMs) seek to deliver. The Healthcare Payment Learning and Action network’s (LAN) annual progress report showed increased uptake of APMs, with 34 percent of 2017 payments in category 3 and 4 APMs and with payers anticipating continued APM expansion. As US health care moves increasingly towards payment that rewards value over volume, progress toward the next generation of performance measures for use in these models is imperative.
The 2016 LAN whitepaper on performance measurement for population-based payment (PBP) models provides a valuable framework and recommendations regarding the next generation of measures. The paper highlights the goal of moving away from a...
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