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May 19, 2017
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RevCycle Intelligence | May 12, 2017         

Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of providers prefer a fee-for-service model over value-based reimbursement structures even though almost one-half acknowledged that the traditional payment model contributed to higher healthcare costs, a recent Bain & Company survey showed. The survey of 980 physicians and 200 healthcare finance and procurement officers showed that providers are not convinced that value-based reimbursement models will improve care quality enough to offset declining healthcare costs.. . READ MORE 
 


InnovAccer | May 5, 2017   
 
The idea of care management ha s been part of the healthcare space for years. However with the growth of value-based incentives and risk-based contracting, healthcare providers hav e further increased their focus on improving outcomes and ensure patients get the right care at t he right time... READ MORE    
 


Fierce Healthcare | May 11, 2017

As physician practices work to implement Medicare's new value-based payment system, Black Book Research identified some of the top MACRA challenges they face. The Black Book survey is based on responses from 8,845 physician practices collected from February to April asking about the challenges created by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Some of the top trends uncovered include... READ MORE  
   
 


HealthExec | May 17, 2017          

Healthcare executives believe the shift to value-based care and risk-sharing models will be transforming the industry within the next few years, according to a survey published by Lazard. These opinions weren't collected solely from U.S. healthcare leaders, with responses coming from 97 international C-level executives and 203 from the U.S. While European respondents were somewhat more bullish on whether value-based payments will be "transformative," the majority of U.S. executives (55%) predicted that more than half of healthcare payments in the U.S. will be value-based or risk-sharing by 2020-what the survey referred to as the "tipping point" for value-based care. ..READ MORE 
 



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