Healthcare DIVE July 13, 2017
Dive Brief:
- A quarter of respondents in a recent EY Health survey of healthcare executives said they have no value-based reimbursement initiatives planned for 2017, although nearly all said they are undertaking some type of cost control measure.
- The most popular initiatives involve reducing medical errors and increasing reliability, and decreasing unnecessary variation and use, while the most planned measure is peer and competitive benchmarking.
- Smaller organizations were least likely to report using value-based reimbursement initiatives.
Dive Insight:
While the question of how valuable value-based care really is remains unanswered, it is clear the industry continues to move away from fee-for-service payments and is focusing on rewarding good care. Some key obstacles are still in the way, however,...
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