Accountable care organizations (ACOs) with a major teaching hospital were associated with lower mortality, lower inpatient spending, lower emergency department utilization, and higher overall ...

In the healthcare world, everyone wants to achieve better outcomes at lower costs. But this is much easier said than done, pointed out Dr. Patrick Runnels, chief medical officer at Cleveland-based ...

On Wall Street, health executives love to talk about “value-based care.” Since 2011, the term has popped up in earnings calls 1,800 times, health news website Stat reported in early December. The ...

In 2023, direct spending within orthopedics, oncology, cardiology, women’s health, behavioral health and nephrology made up 38% of all total medical spending, and 68% of total commercial and Medicare ...

Value-based care prioritizes patient outcomes and cost reduction, requiring alignment of reimbursement models and financial sustainability management. Private insurers are reforming payment models, ...

Wider adoption of value-based care (VBC) would be a boon to our healthcare system by lowering costs and improving outcomes for all three P's: patients, providers and payers. Alongside CMS’ leadership, ...

With quality measure saturation in value-based contracts, many primary care physicians feel set up to fail. Research conducted at the Providence health system shows primary care physicians are ...

Dave Griffin, 81, credits an integrated, value-based care system with helping him overcome several health hurdles over 50 years, including long-term diabetes and a recent intestinal blockage. In ...

Anesthesia providers are in the process of transitioning to value-based care reimbursement systems and pushing for inclusion in innovative models supported by CMS, according to a Jan. 24 report from ...

The American Medical Group Association has teamed up with Wilmington Health to establish a new value-based care peer learning network. The AMGA Value Care Network, available to the association's ...

Bluebird Kids Health, a value-based pediatric primary care provider, has closed its series A round with $31.5 million. The round was co-led by F Prime and .406 Ventures with participation from ...

Welcome back to another episode of MedCity FemFwd, a podcast dedicated to discussing the breakthroughs and challenges in women’s health. In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Keith Berkle, chair of the ...