RevCycle Intelligence September 23, 2019
Reimbursement inadequacy, timeliness of data, and access to data are preventing hospitals and health systems from moving to risk-based payment, according to a recent survey from healthcare improvement company Premier.
The survey of 177 healthcare professionals and physicians from hospitals and health systems across the country found that the shift to risk-based payments in healthcare has been slow. Across all payer types, most respondents said that less than 20 percent of their population was covered under a risk-based payment model.
Respondents also do not anticipate that percentage to change much in the next five years. About three-quarters of the healthcare professionals and physicians expect less than 50 percent of their population to be covered by a two-sided, risk-based contract by...