Value Based Care

Researchers project a hospital bed shortage in less than a decade due to health care staffing shortages across the U.S., according to study results.

The new president of the United States will have urgent issues to address, including a health care crisis marked by unsustainable costs without corresponding improvement in quality.

In this video from the Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium, Amanda T. Whitaker, MD, discusses different ways value-based care is being instituted for both adult and pediatric patients.

Orthopedic surgeons are facing an urgent challenge. The meaning behind “value-based care” has been corrupted in terms of the care provided by orthopedic surgeons.

New American Academy of Family Physicians President Jennifer L. Brull, MD, FAAFP, said she is committed to helping create a more stable system focused on physician well-being during her tenure.

In March 2020, a group of nephrology pharmacists met to discuss ways to help improve patient lives and keep the nephrologist at the center of the patient care team.

Nephrologists at West Virgina University Medicine have entered into an agreement to join the Interwell Health physician network.

I reflect on my privilege frequently. I live in a safe home in a leafy neighborhood with my wife and two children. We have employer-funded benefits. Our family is generally equipped to meet life’s challenges.

Despite its documented ability to improve health outcomes and reduce overall costs, the full-scale adoption of value-based care, including in kidney care, continues at a snail’s pace.

In value-based care, the term “follow the money” may be fitting to define the goal of payers providing care for patients with chronic kidney disease, kidney specialists said, because it is tied to a key outcome – hospitalizations.