CHCS January, 2021
Shilpa Patel, Anne Smithey, and Tricia McGinnis, Center for Health Care Strategies and Kim Tuck, Institute for Medicaid Innovation

Given Medicaid’s role in delivering care to individuals with low-income, including many from Black and Hispanic communities, the program is uniquely situated to address health-related disparities. Value-based payment (VBP), which many payers are already using to improve health outcomes and support more efficient care, can be an effective tool in designing equity-focused payment and contracting models. The development of equity-focused VBP approaches to support care delivery transformation is an important lever that can help payers advance health equity and eliminate disparities in health care.

This report, authored by the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI), identifies...

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Topics: CMS, Equity/SDOH, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, Insurance, Medicaid, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Payment Models, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends, Value Based
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