AJMC October 7, 2020
Mary Caffrey

More Humana doctors are taking on full global risk under Medicare Advantage than are still using traditional fee-for-service.

Humana doctors in value-based care programs under Medicare Advantage (MA) saved an estimated $4 billion in medical expenses in 2019, according to the health care giant’s annual report on the impact of value-based care.

Humana’s MA members who saw physicians taking part in value-based care arrangements also spent 211,000 fewer days in the hospital and less time in the emergency department (ED) in 2019, compared with those Humana MA members whose doctors do not take part in value-based models.

While the report covered the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, Humana outlined how it is responding to physician...

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Topics: Insurance, Medicare Advantage, Payer, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends, Value Based
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