Becker's Healthcare May 21, 2019
Multispecialty medical group and integrated delivery system revenue is increasingly risk-based, but these organizations continue to experience barriers that slow their progress toward total value-based healthcare, according to a new survey.
The annual survey from medical trade group AMGA examined 75 member organizations’ transition from fee-for-service to risk or value, the challenges they face as they navigate the transition and the proportion of member revenue that is risk-based.
Six survey findings:
1. The 2018 survey found that more than half of member revenue (56 percent) was risk-based in the government payer setting, and 28 percent was risk-based in the commercial payer setting.
2. From 2015 to 2018, federal fee-for-service payments to surveyed AMGA members decreased 20 percent. Commercial fee-for-service payments...