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The CMS Innovation Center established the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) in the FY 2025...

Artificial intelligence is set to revolutionize healthcare, yet many organizations struggle to translate AI’s capabilities into...

Value-based payment (VBP) programs are the future of healthcare. However, implementing a successful VBP program that improves...

As health plans continue the transition towards value-based payment models, the payer-provider relationship only continues to...

Value-based payment (VBP) arrangements enable health plans to address the bigger picture when it comes to their members by...

When we discuss value-based care, the “value” component is intrinsically tied to the success, or lack thereof, of your provider...

In the value-based world of healthcare, health systems are being asked to take on more risk for greater rewards. Value-based...

Value-based contracts are the future in healthcare. This is true for all lines of business—including commercial, Medicare,...

Value-based contracting is a complicated process. Payers need tools that enable their contracting teams to standardize every...

The process of modeling value-based contracts can be painstaking. Acquiring the insights needed to arrange contracts that...

Successful value-based care (VBC) contracts are driven by actionable data that informs both the payer and the provider. Payers...

During the value-based contracting process, health plan executives should be prepared to do all of the following: evaluate risk...

The number of value-based contracts across the healthcare industry is rapidly increasing, yet many health plans still struggle...

Value-based care (VBC) contracts are here, but how do you, the payer, foster success for both you and your provider network as...

Helping providers succeed in value-based contracts relies on effective provider enablement—giving them the right tools, timely...

Risk-bearing entities such as hospital systems, IDNs, and IPAs are central actors in the stage play that is the value-based care...

Value-based care (VBC) changes the way payers and providers (ACOs, IPAs, etc.) contract with each other. The complexity of the...

National patient identification has been a hot topic since HIPAA was enacted in 1996, calling for the development of a unique...

COVID-19 has reignited the conversation regarding social determinants of health (SDoH) as certain minority groups are at a...

Physicians’ attitudes toward value-based care (VBC) have changed within the last four years. In 2016, the majority of physicians...