Value Based Care: Successes, Challenges, and Changes – #HITsm Chat Topic

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 11/16 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Matt Fisher (@Matt_R_Fisher) on the topic of “Value Based Care: Successes, Challenges, and Changes”. The transition of the healthcare industry from fee for service to value based care (or alternative payment methodologies) garners significant attention from regulators, providers, vendors and many others in the industry. To frame the discussion, value based care generally refers to payment for quality, or in other words trying to focus on outcomes. The change represents a substantial shift in the approach to paying for healthcare services in the United States. While value based care refers to payment for quality as an overarching concept, there are a multitude of means of structuring payment arrangements for quality. Examples include capitated agreements, bundled payments, pay for quality, and others. Common themes around the structures are not paying based on the volume of services, which arguably drives collaborations to break down siloes. With a few years of value based care under the belt, how have efforts gone and where are those efforts heading? Join the chat to weigh in with your thoughts. Topics for this week’s #HITsm Chat: T1: Which value based care models have been successful to date and how do you define success? #HITsm T2: How are new and/or developing #healthIT tools helping or hinder...
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