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Factoid
  Premier benchmarked 2018 data and discovered:
• 22% of family medicine clinics use an MA-only model
• 54% are staffed with a combination of Registered Nurses or Licensed Practical Nurses along with MAs.
• 24% are staffed with RNs, MAs and LPNs.

Excerpted from: Value Based Payment News, Volume 4 Issue 19, October First Edition 2019, "Premier Sees Staffing Model Changes Coming for Physician Practices."
 
 
What's News
 
Executive Order on Protecting and Improving Medicare for Our Nation’s Seniors
The White House, October 3, 2019
 
Harvard Study Finds Value-Based Care Has a Third Critical Dimension
United Healthcare Group Press Release, October 1, 2019
 
Executives say lack of resources biggest obstacle to value-based care
Healthcare Dive, September 30, 2019
 
Industry Group Ties Half of Business to Value-Based Payments
RevCycle Intelligencee, September 26, 2019
 
‘Value’ of Care Was a Big Goal. How Did It Work Out?
The New York Times, September 23, 2019
 
The Defining Features of Current Value-Based Care Models
HealthPayer Intelligence, September 23, 2019
 
How Hospitals Invest in Health IT for Value-Based Care
Health IT Analytics, September 23, 2019
 
Millions at Stake for Nursing Homes Under Value-Based Pay Switch
Bloomberg Law, September 12, 2019
 
Development & Testing of Models to Predict Payment Using CMS Claims Data
JAMA Network Open, August 14, 2019
 
The Adoption of Hospital Care Coordination Activities Under VB Programs
The American Journal of Managed Care, August 14, 2019
 
SDOH: Horizon BCBS NJ, RWJBarnabas Health and state partner on VB model
Healthcare Finance News, September 11, 2019
 
Insights
  Direct contracting models offer promise of expedited shift to value-based care
Healthcare Financial Management Association, October 4, 2019
 
     
  UnitedHealthcare: VBC models must include infrastructure support to providers
FierceHealthcare, September 30, 2019
 
     
ERs Cannot Be The Only Option For “Regular Sick” People In Value-Based Care
Roji Health Intelligence, September 25, 2019
     
  The High Cost of Failing to Engage Physicians in Value-Based Care
Geneia blog, September 24, 2019
 
     
  Are Patients At Risk When Quality Measures Scale Back?
Roji Health Intelligence, September 19, 2019
 
     
  Does value-based pay have a future?
Medical Economics, September 18, 2019
 
  Current Value-Based Care Models Need Greater Emphasis on Specialty Care
The American Journal of Managed Care, September 18, 2019
 
     
  Oncology Quality Measurement: Angst and Ambition
Journal of Clinical Pathways, September 18, 2019
 
     
  Revenue Cycle Management in the Value-Based Era: It’s a Whole New Ball Game
Healthcare Innovation, September 17, 2019
 
     
  Physician-Initiated Payment Reform: A New Path Toward Value
The American Journal of Managed Care, September 10, 2019
 
This Month in VBP News
 
  • Premier Sees Staffing Model Changes Coming for Physician Practices
  • Washington DC Watch: HHS Gives $107M for Health Center Quality Improvement Projects
  • Industry News: Horizon BCBSNJ, RWJBarnabas Health and NJDHS.
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