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	A recent survey by Persivia found that only 41% of healthcare leaders use a population health management solution or participate in any value-based care at all. Of these, only 59% “strongly” or “somewhat” agree that their population health management solution can manage multiple value-based care programs at the point of care. Source: Value Based Payment News, Volume 5 Issue 13, July First Edition 2020, Surveys & Trends: "Persivia Survey: PHM Solutions ‘Falling Short'."
	Transitioning to Value-Based Hospital Medicine: A Sound Investment? NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 2020, July/August 2020
	CMS’s Proposed Medicaid Best Price Loophole for VB Purchasing Of Drugs Health Affairs Blog, July 6, 2020
	Payers Continue to Expand Value-Based Contracting Despite COVID-19 HealthPayer Intelligence, June 30, 2020
	Implications for value-based payment programs: Weathering COVID-19 McKinsey & Company, June 30, 2020
	VB program in L.A. County uses data to improve outcomes and cost savings Healthcare Finance, June 24, 2020
	How Value-Based Payments Support Physicians During a Crisis RevCycle Intelligencee, June 22, 2020
	Opening the door to transformative therapies with VBP SmartBrief, June 22, 2020
	ACOs Can Grow Value-Based Payment in Medicare, But Changes Needed RevCycle Intelligence, June 18, 2020
	CMS’s Proposed Rule On VB Purchasing For Rx Drugs: New Tools Health Affairs Blog, June 17, 2020
	MedPAC urges MA, ACO tweaks to speed up value-based payment reform Healthcare Dive, June 16, 2020
	Uniquely Similar: New Results from Maryland’s All-Payer Model & Paths Forward Milbank Memorial Fund, June 15, 2020
	A VB incentivization model of adult immunization for community pharmacists Journal of the American Pharmacists Association via Science Direct, July 4, 2020   PA Clinical Network and Geisinger Health Plan announce VB contract agreement PR Newswire, June 29, 2020   Primary Care Practice Finances In The United States Amid The Pandemic Health Affairs, June 25, 2020   Alternative Payment Models—Victims of Their Own Success? JAMA, June 22, 2020   CMS proposed rule aims to foster more Medicaid value-based drug agreements FierceHealthcare, June 17, 2020   Cigna, Huntsville Hospital Health System Reach Agreement to Provide VB Care Cigna Press Release, June 15, 2020   Realizing the promise of VBP in Medicare: An agenda for change MedPac, June 2020
	Surveys & Trends: Healthmonix Study: ‘80% of Providers Use Telehealth’; Persivia Survey: PHM Solutions ‘Falling Short Report Advises Providers to Redo Payer Contracts – and ‘Prepare for Challenging Negotiations’ Industry News with briefs regaurding: Unite Us; Aetna and DuPage Medical Group; Castell and Arcadia; GTCR and Cedar Gate Technologies. Click here to view a brief (under 2 minutes) video with more information
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