How Does Value-Based Care Help Patients?
AHIP April 1, 2019
Every American should have access to affordable coverage and high-quality care. Health insurance providers are committed to ensuring this.
Health care costs shouldn’t be a financial burden for families. By focusing on value and innovation, Americans can get the care they need when they need it—at a price they can afford. Value-based care is one key way health insurance providers make this happen, by ensuring doctors are rewarded for better patient health—not for delivering more health care services.
How does health insurance providers’ commitment to value lead us toward the goal of greater quality and affordability? Below are some examples of value-based care initiatives.
Patient-Centered Medical Homes
The patient-centered medical home replaces one-off, episodic care with a sustained relationship between...