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Kaiser Permanente discloses timeline, financial commitments for VBC megadeal
Fierce Healthcare, May 16, 2023
  Blue Cross MA Expands Primary Care Network Amid Provider Shortages
HealthPayer Intelligencd, May 16, 2023
   
  Delivering on the Promise of Value-Based Care
HealthPayer Intelligence, May 16, 2023
   
  CareSource Enters Value-Based Agreement to Improve Pediatric Health Outcomes
HealthPayer Intelligence, May 15, 2023
   
  Value-based care models can help close care gaps for Medicaid beneficiaries
Medical Economics, May 15, 2023
   
  Proposal to Change Scoring Methodology for the Hospital Medicare VBP Program
K & L Gates, May 2, 2023
   
  Survey: Why value-based contracting for specialty drugs remains rare
Fierce Healthcare, May 1, 2023
   
  Interventions for Successful Implementation of Value-Based Care
The American Journal of Managed Care, April 28, 2023
   
  VBC Won’t Save Safety Net Hospitals, Experts Say
MedCity News, April 24, 2023
   
How Technology Will Drive Value-Based Models For Cardiovascular Care
Forbes, April 19, 2023
   
HealthSprocket List
 
AHIP: Annual Cost of Top 5 Low-value Clinical Services

1.
Diagnostic Testing and Imaging Before Low-Risk Surgery: $9.5 billion
2. Vitamin D Screening Tests: $800 million
3. Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing for Men 75+: $44 million
4. Imaging for Low-Back Pain within 6 Weeks of Onset: $500 million
5. Branded Drug Use when Chemically Equivalent Generics are Available: $14.7 billion

Notes: The Task Force on Low-Value Care estimates that these 5 low-value health care services account for more than $25 billion in avoidable annual expenditures.

Source: AHIP, April 2023
     
 
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How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare Social Determinants of Health and Value-Based Pay

Value-Based Pay efforts are increasingly acknowledging the importance of patient social complexity in addition to traditional focus on clinical complexity and utilization. This webinar will discuss how social determinants of health screening and action by providers are being measured and tied in to payer and health system approaches in order to drive equity and sustainability in their programs.

 
 
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What's News
 
Transforming Health Care from Volume-to-Value: Moving the Needle
The American Journal of Medicine, May 7, 2023
Merit-based Incentive Payment System Quality Reporting in Urology Practices
Urology Practice, May 1, 2023
 
Private Equity, Value-Based Payments, and Hollow Promises
Public Policy & Aging Report, April 28, 2023
 
Risk selection reduces efficiency of value-based healthcare
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, April 19, 2023
 
VB Platform Identifies Individuals at Risk for Diabetes With Over 80% Accuracy
Business Wire, April 18, 2023
 
 
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