RevCycle Intelligence October 26, 2022
Primary care physicians who are value-based care leaders because their participation in risk-based capitation models tend to be more experienced with larger, older patient panels.
Most primary care physicians (PCPs) are engaging with value-based care, with 69 percent participating in some type of alternative payment model. But a new report from Chartis Group has identified the PCPs leading this transition away from fee-for-service.
Value-based care “Leaders,” according to the report, are PCPs who report participating in at least a partial-risk capitation agreement. Only about one-fifth (21 percent) of the over 300 PCPs surveyed for the report say they are in partial- and/or full-risk capitation agreements.
The other 28 percent of value-based PCPs are considered “Experimenters.” Experimenters acknowledge having a...