Healthcare Finance News November 29, 2021
Care consistency is one of the major reasons why value-based models tend to result in better outcomes for MA members, Humana said.
Looking at new data published on its Medicare Advantage members, major insurer Humana found that those MA patients receiving value-based care had better outcomes overall, along with lower costs and more preventative care.
The findings were published in Humana’s annual value-based care report, which also found that 67% of its individual MA members seek care from primary care physicians in value-based agreements.
That statistic is unsurprising considering that as of the end of last year, about 67,800 primary care physicians had value-based contracts with Humana, with affiliations spanning more than 1,000 agreements in 43 states and Puerto Rico....
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