Value Based Payment

As value-based payment and risk-bearing contracts become more prevalent, hospital leaders will be incentivized to incorporate methods that provide increased transparency and evidence into whether a technology improves patient outcomes at the lowest possible cost of care.

Provider initiatives to better align under value-based payment models would get a boost from proposed Stark and anti-kickback law enforcement changes.

Key events include an HFMA webinar, national healthcare provider meetings and a House hearing on healthcare affordability.

Finance leaders can ensure their organizations have the appropriate resources to combat healthcare-associated infections, said Susan Bleasdale, MD, of UI Health.

HHS has proposed a range of rule changes to anti-fraud laws that providers say have blocked value-based payment arrangements.

A roundtable of payer and provider leaders examines the importance of transparent communication, relationship-building and robust data sharing amid the transition to value-based care.

The Strategic Financial Planning newsletter Fall 2019 issue features articles on price transparency, bond underwriters, direct contracting, M&As and business ethics.

CMS’s Direct Contracting Models offer providers some substantial benefits, including access to capitation payments for Medicare fee-for-service members — without the investment costs in brokers and marketing to move members into Medicare Advantage.

Healthcare finance policy events for the week of Oct. 7.

Healthcare administers should take four actions when presenting data to physicians to elicit their support for a initiative under the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model.