EHR Intelligence July 16, 2018
Kate Monica

Reduced administrative burden and transparent federal regulations will assist independent practices in value-based care.

Value-based care is touted as a way of incentivizing providers to achieve the triple aim: delivering high quality care, improving population health management, and lowering healthcare costs.

While shifting from a fee-for-service model to a value-based care system has the potential to improve patient health outcomes and save healthcare organizations money, the transition from the old to the new has been a rocky one.

Independent practices in particular have struggled to stay financially afloat amidst strict, burdensome, and ever-changing federal regulations. Under the EHR Incentive Programs and Quality Payment Program (QPP), participating providers must adopt and utilize costly EHR technology to receive federal incentive payments or...

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Topics: CMS, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, MACRA, Payment Models, Physician, Primary care, Provider, Regulations, Technology, Value Based
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