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Factoid
  Compared to members treated in traditional practices, Horizon members engaged with an EOC orthopedic doctor experienced:
  • 21% lower cost for knee replacements
  • 30% lower cost for hip replacements
  • 20% lower cost for knee arthroscopies

Source: VBP News, Volume 4 Issue 3, February First Edition 2019, Industry News: "Horizon: ‘Value-Based Orthopedists Reduce Costs, Improving Quality’."
 
 
What's News
 
Government payment policies tied to performance fail to improve safety
ScienceDaily, February 5, 2019
 
Alternative Payment Models and Hospital Engagement in HIE
The American Journal of Managed Care, January 4, 2019
 
Cigna Eclipses 50% In Value-Based Care Pay To Providers
Forbes, February 7, 2019
 
Key Providers, Payers Tie 47% of Business to Value-Based Payment
The American Journal of Managed Care, January 31, 2019
Are Value-Based Incentives Driving Behavior Change to Improve Value?
The American Journal of Managed Care, January 31, 2019
 
Hospitals with value-based care contracts more likely to use emerging tech
Becker's Hospital Review, January 15, 2019
 
Report: Value-Based Care and Quality Program Participation on the Rise
Healthcare Informatics, January 9, 2019
 
Social Determinants of Health Key to Value-Based Purchasing Success
RevCycle Intelligence, January 2019
 
Insights
  To Achieve VB Payment, Fix the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The Commonwealth Fund, February 6, 2019
 
Getting To The Next Generation Of Performance Measures For VBP
Health Affairs Blog, January 29, 2019
     
  Developing Innovative Quality Metrics In Value-based Care
California Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems, January 24, 2019
 
     
  Engineering a Rapid Shift to Value-Based Payment in North Carolina
NEJM Catalyst, January 23, 2019
 
     
  Supporting Small Practices In MIPS
Health Affairs Blog, January 22, 2019
 
     
  Healthcare executives should invest in VB care technologies now, Deloitte says
Healthcare Finance, January 17, 2019
 
     
  Beta Testing Alternative Payment Models to Advance Value-Based Care
RevCycle Intelligence, January 17, 2019
 
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