VBP Bulletin
  Complimentary from the publishers of VBP News                                   November 2018  
       
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  "Last year, the administration reduced the size of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model and pulled back the other episode payment models, including those on cardiac care. We've now reexamined the role that models like these could play in value-based transformation."
- Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in a Tweet on November 8, 2018.

 
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  "Lack of information limits physicians’ ability to perform certain tasks: 43% [can’t] find low-cost lab and imaging options and 36% cannot identify high-quality skilled nursing facilities, rehab or home health."

Excerpted from: VBP News, Volume 3 Issue 22, November Second Edition 2018, ‘Volume- to Value-Based Care: Physicians are Willing to Manage Cost, but Lack Data and Tools.’
 
 
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Portion of Healthcare Payments in Value Based Alternative Payment Models

1. Medicare Advantage: 49.5%
2. Medicare FFS: 38.3%
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Source: Health Care Payment Learning Action Network
     
 
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