The CMS Innovation Center has launched more than 50 alternative payment models (APMs) since it was established in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act. The models have involved approximately 28 million patients and half a million providers and plans, and all signs point to expanding the concept.
It’s not just government payers. Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger Health recently made news when they announced that California-based Kaiser would acquire and move Geisinger, a central Pennsylvania health system, into the newly formed Risant Health. Both Kaiser and Geisinger are among the leaders in value-based care and using technology and preventive care to reduce specialty care and hospital needs, Managed Healthcare Executive reports.
But are APMs working? Is value-based care the future? Not everyone thinks so. Read more.
