Fierce Healthcare February 1, 2018
Physician uncertainty about value-based reforms could be due to insufficient understanding or engagement.
Most doctors don’t think that value-based payment models are the solution to cut healthcare costs and improve quality of care, according to a new survey.
The survey by Leavitt Partners found that physicians, employers and healthcare consumers all agree that fundamental changes are needed to make the country’s health system work better, but they don’t agree on how to accomplish that.
Physicians and employers also disagree on which payment reform efforts will work, who is responsible for driving reform and which are the most important barriers, the survey found.
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