Patient Engagement October 2, 2017
The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform says patient-centered payment systems should replace value-based care models.
Value-based payment models may not be adequate for ensuring quality care for patients, according to a recent report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform. Instead, a patient-centered payment system can deliver patient and payer choice and positive outcomes measures.
The report, authored by the organization’s president and CEO, Harold D. Miller, explained that a patient-centered payment system would overcome the pitfalls of current fee-for-service and value-based payment models.
Unnecessary spending and services run rampant in fee-for-service models, while clinicians face restrictive barriers to quality outcomes in many value-based outcomes. Making a payment model that is entirely patient-centric would eliminate those...
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