RevCycle Intelligence March 22, 2017
Healthcare stakeholders should create value-based purchasing policies in 2017 that promote population-based payments and support provider participation in APMs, NAM stated. In a new report, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) named value-based purchasing as one of four action priorities for healthcare stakeholders in 2017.
To implement more value-based purchasing models, NAM suggested that stakeholders focus on three healthcare payment reforms: driving payment innovation by incentivizing improved outcomes and value, supporting providers as they transition to new payment models, and eliminating barriers to medical care and social services.
Healthcare leaders should encourage healthcare payment reform that includes value-based reimbursement, especially population-based payments, by providing financial incentives for improving health outcomes and value, the organization recommended.
Population-based payment structures are the...
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