Health Affairs March 10, 2025
Editor’s Note
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure patient-centered, cost-efficient care under the umbrella of accountable care. Additional articles will be published throughout 2025. Readers are encouraged to review the Call for Submissions for this series. We are grateful to Arnold Ventures for their support of this work.
As the threat of significant Medicaid cuts loom, the urgency to control costs while maintaining or improving quality in the safety net has never been greater. Value-based payment (VBP) models offer a clear path forward by shifting incentives from volume to value, rewarding providers for improving patient outcomes rather than...