The Rocky Path to Value for Medicaid Programs—and HIT’s Key Role in Making It All Work

As Joshua M. Liao, M.D., Benjamin D. Sommers, M.D., Ph.D., and Amol S. Navathe, M.D., Ph.D., note in their important “Perspective” piece in the July 12 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has led the national effort to shift the U.S. healthcare system toward a focus on value. Prominent Medicare value-based payment models such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled payments are influencing the ways in which clinicians deliver care, and participation in both types of programs has accelerated since the passage...