Healthcare Finance News April 17, 2019
The analysis finds that value-based payment is firmly rooted in state healthcare policy.
A new study finds 48 states have implemented value-based care initiatives, with half of these programs being multi-payer in scope.
The report, released by Change Healthcare, looks at state-run value-based care initiatives across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
It calls out three states–New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont–for the broad scope of their initiatives, embracing payment models that involve shared risk, and willingness to test innovative strategies.
In total, six states have had well-developed value-based care strategies in place for four years or longer, 34 are two or more years into implementation, and eight states are in the early stages of value-based development.
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