Shift to value ahead for Medicare payments
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell on 26 January unveiled explicit goals for how Medicare will move towards a new payment structure that rewards value over volume – relying more on the use of alternative models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled-payment arrangements, than the traditional fee-for-service.