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  "As of December 31, Humana had 1.9 million individual Medicare Advantage and 140,000 commercial members cared for by 52,000 primary care physicians in more than 1,000 value-based relationships across 43 states and Puerto Rico; the insurer says it reached its 2017 calendar year goal of having 66% of total individual Medicare Advantage members seeing PCPs in value-based payment relationships."

Excerpted from: VBP News, Volume 3 Issue 9, May First Edition 2018, "Major Players, Major Plays: Highmark, Humana Launch and Expand Value-Based Payment Programs."
 
 
What's News
 
Small practices can survive in a value-based payment world
Medical Economics, May 4, 2018
 
CMS issues proposed rules increasing payment to skilled nursing, inpatient rehab
Healthcare Finance, April 30, 2018
 
Considerations for Transitioning to a Value-Based Care System
Specialty Pharmacy Times, April 25, 2018
 
Top Barriers to Value-Based Pharma Pricing Models
Managed Healthcare Executive, April 25, 2018
 
Value-based pay a factor pushing docs to hospital work
Healthcare Dive, April 25, 2018
 
Report Outlines Roadmap for Continued Support of Value-Based Payment Models
American Journal of Managed Care, April 24, 2018
 
HHS Takes New Steps in Secretary Azar’s Value-Based Agenda
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Press Release, April 24, 2018
 
Value-based care driving hospital CEO and COO salaries higher, survey finds
Healthcare Finance, April 24, 2018
 
Value-Based Care Requires Clear Analytics Goals, Scalable Health IT
Health IT Analytics, April 23, 2018
Aligning IT for value-based care
Becker's IT and CIO Report, April 23, 2018
 
Backed by medical groups, VBPs for opioid treatment could be imminent
FierceHealthcare, April 18, 2018
 
What value-based care really needs: change management
Healthcare Finance News, April 11, 2018
 
C-suite survey: Adoption of risk-based models slower than anticipated
Becker's Hospital Review, April 10, 2018
 
 
Blogs
  State Employee Health Plans Key for Driving Value-Based Initiatives
The Health Care Blog, April 25, 2018
 
     
  Medicare Advantage to Address Social Determinants of Health
Healthcare Law Blog, April 18, 2018
 
     
  Value-Based Payment May Not Be Optional, But It Offers Options
Calling the Shots blog/Wolters Kluwer, April 17, 2018
 
     
This Month in VBP News
 
  • Major Players, Major Plays: Highmark, Humana Launch and Expand Value-Based Payment Programs
  • Big Changes Get Big Responses: Thought Leaders Speak Out on Value
  • Industry News with a brief regarding CMS
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