As part of the Rural Health Transformation Program, 42 states are expanding or establishing new alternative payment models, a recent analysis shows.  | Forty-two states are expanding or establishing ...

CMMI Director Abe Sutton and CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz outlined how the administration aims to get more providers, especially poor-performing ones, into value-based models at a D.C. event on ...

Medicare Advantage members in value-based care arrangements had 24.3% fewer inpatient hospital admissions than those in Original Medicare in 2024. Humana Medicare Advantage members receiving ...

On March 12, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that certain Medicare value-based payment models will terminate early and signaled a new strategy will be announced soon.

Assisted living can be an important partner in value-based care, saving the government $390 million annually, according to one estimate, but CMS must develop a new ACO model focused on such settings ...

Penetration of Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations and Medicare Advantage was not associated with substantive changes in health care use among commercial enrollees.

Aledade added more than 700 primary care practices to its network for 2026 as the company sees strong tailwinds for value-based care growth. Aledade, a value-based enablement company, now works with ...

Since 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center) has been guided by a renewed vision to build “a health system that ...

Adoption of value-based care (VBC) programs has continued to expand. For example, the share of healthcare payments from risk-bearing VBC programs where providers could lose revenue if they did not ...

The Medicare program is approaching a “tipping point” on its journey to move all beneficiaries into value-based care arrangements, but policymakers, health systems and insurers need to do more to ...

Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare delivery model that prioritizes patient outcomes over the volume of services provided. This approach aims to enhance the quality of care while controlling costs ...

Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...