While some nursing homes have earned incentive pay for reducing their hospital readmissions, the decade-old program that pays for those bonuses has not led to any widespread improvements, a ...

Proposed changes under Gov. Kasich’s Mid-biennium Budget Review would call for quality component to be developed in partnership with the Ohio Hospital Association and other stakeholders. “Ohio ...

The state of Ohio is kicking off its transition to value-based care through a partnership with an independent organization, Catalyst for Payment Reform, which will develop the new contract language, ...

More than 1,800 hospitals will see payments from the federal government rise in 2016 due to improvements in quality under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, ...

Health may be priceless, but healthcare is not. With medical costs on the rise, insurance companies and government payers are increasingly asking pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers to ...

Amerinet, a national healthcare solutions organization, has announced the launch of a new web-based value-based purchasing tool, according to an Amerinet news release. The tool — called the Amerinet ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, has released a document titled "Roadmap for Implementing Value Driven Healthcare in the Traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service Program" to serve ...

As TrumpRx introduces new drug pricing strategies, stakeholders should assess the potential changes to Medicaid rebate structures, the risk of increased costs for employers, and the shift toward value ...

“Value-based care” (VBC) is one of the most frequently cited goals in U.S. healthcare reform — yet its meaning remains frustratingly vague and often contradictory. We hear that value-based care is the ...