Forbes October 22, 2018
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The move away from fee-for-service medicine is moving beyond the experimental stage for private health plans that contract with state Medicaid programs, a new study shows.
The Institute for Medicaid Innovation’s 2018 annual Medicaid managed care survey said half of Medicaid managed care plans are “piloting population specific” value-based payment models and 15% are “expanding successful pilots.” The report was released during Medicaid Health Plans of America’s annual conference, which runs through Tuesday in Washington MHPA’s members include Aetna, Centene, UnitedHealth Group and WellCare Health Plans.
Health insurers and the government are increasingly moving away from fee-for-service medicine to value-based payment...