Although value-based payment models are trendy in the home-based care space right now, a new study shows that a majority of all health care payments are still based on fee for service.
The study was conducted by the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN), which found that advanced value-based payment models are still the non-dominant form of payment in the U.S., Home Health Care News reports.
LAN took a closer look at spending from 79 public and private payers, which accounted for about 80% of the covered U.S. population in 2020. Nearly 40% of payments in 2020 remained pure fee for service and another 20% of health care payments were fee for service tied to quality or a measure of value. Read more.
