Healthcare Innovation July 19, 2024
David Raths

Commonwealth Fund report finds primary care providers concerned about financial barriers, the PCP workforce shortage, and what they perceive to be imperfect performance measures

The Commonwealth Fund has published the results of a study seeking to understand why more primary care practitioners (PCPs) are not participating in value-based payment (VBP) models.

After conducting focus groups with PCPs who have not participated in VBP models and interviews with primary care executives and association leaders, the report offers some recommendations about how to improve PCP participation.

The report notes that during the past 14 years, CMS and states have tried several VBP models for primary care, but most PCPs still do not participate in VBP models, and the reasons are largely...

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Topics: Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends, Value Based
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