Fee For Service

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, CMS has sought to move away from fee-for-service payment models in favor of value-based payment models with an emphasis on incentivizing value delivered to payments.

CMS has announced that it is testing a new primary care model through a multistate initiative that aims to strengthen primary care and help providers implement value-based payment arrangements.

SAN DIEGO — This year, ACP will focus on supporting several hot policy issues in health care, including payment reform, telehealth and administrative updates, according to a speaker at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

In this podcast episode, Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, MSHP, discusses behavioral economics in patients and clinicians, the entrance of non-traditional entities in the health care space and more.

Over the past year, advocates for primary care reform have voiced their concerns about the lack of investments in the field, the challenges of a fee-for-service model, health disparities and more.

The percentage of Americans with a usual source of care is declining, and the solution will require new investments in primary care to improve access and strengthen patient-clinician relationships, according to experts.

Due to a highly consolidated market, large dialysis providers charge Medicare Advantage plans 27% more for dialysis services than what is charged for Medicare.

Implementation of universal chronic kidney disease care programs in Taiwan significantly lowered long-term trends in the incidence of maintenance dialysis.

An estimated $15.1 billion is needed to neutralize revenue losses in primary care practices in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Medicare fee-for-service payment cuts are hampering volume-based compensation for physicians, but the effects can be softened if a shift is made to value-based compensation, a speaker said at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.