In the healthcare world, everyone wants to achieve better outcomes at lower costs. But this is much easier said than done, pointed out Dr. Patrick Runnels, chief medical officer at Cleveland-based ...

While value-based payment models seem great in theory, research shows that many primary care providers aren’t partaking in these models. Over the last 14 years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...

The healthcare industry is making the push toward greater adoption of value-based care, yet it's not a secret that progress has been slow-moving. With that backdrop, UnitedHealth Group has released ...

Miriam Godwin, CMMI, National Kidney Foundation, touches on the gaps in kidney care that public policy can address, as well as the importance of thinking about the long-term benefits of value-based ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Kaiser Permanente caused a stir when it announced nearly two years ago that its new nonprofit subsidiary, Risant Health, was acquiring 10-hospital Geisinger Health. It marked the ...

Value-based agreements come with risks and benefits, but a health system’s existing facilities and initiatives can help support the goals associated with them, JT Lew, PharmD, MBA, a managed care ...