The traditional fee-for-service (FFS) healthcare model isn’t well-suited to meet the complex needs of patients with chronic illnesses including chronic kidney disease (CKD). As costs spiral and ...

In a healthcare landscape where 70 percent of physicians prefer fee-for-service payment models¹, tying physician payment to outcomes requires realigning entrenched clinical processes with new ...

Value-based care has been slowly gaining traction in the U.S. Some Rhode Island providers are trying to transition their practices away from fee-for-service and toward value-based care The key ...

The healthcare landscape is shifting — fast. As the industry moves away from fee for-service and toward value-based care, practice groups must rethink how they deliver and get paid for care. But ...

As hospitals and health systems across the country work toward coordinated and integrated care, most will need to alter their relationships with physicians. How a health system aligns its priorities ...

As costs for medical services continue to rise, many healthcare organizations are reassessing how care is delivered and paid for. The industry is trending away from fee-for-service models, in which ...

Remember when value-based care was going to revolutionize American healthcare? A decade later, we’re still waiting while costs keep climbing. What happened? Simple—the healthcare industrial complex ...

The shift from fee-for-service payment models to those based in value has been occurring steadily over the past few years. Increasingly, providers are determining physician pay through a number of ...

Primary care physicians are often called the quarterbacks of healthcare because they coordinate and direct patients’ journeys through the medical system. On a typical NFL team, the quarterback is the ...

In the U.S., we have two clear problems with healthcare: high costs and poor health outcomes. We spend around $5 trillion each year on healthcare—twice as much per person as other large, wealthy ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

In the book Affordable Excellence: The Singapore Healthcare System by William A. Haseltine published in 2013, the author noted that Singapore “ranks sixth in the world” in terms of healthcare outcomes ...