Value-based healthcare payment models: a wolf in sheep’s clothing for patients and clinicians

Autor: Forrest Bohler, Allison Garden, Callaham Brock, Lily Bohler
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Annals of Medicine, Vol 56, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 07853890
1365-2060
0785-3890
DOI: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2382948
Popis: Value-based healthcare payment models are an alternative insurance payment system that compensates healthcare providers based on their patients’ outcomes rather than the individual services healthcare workers provide. This shift from the current fee-for-service model that predominates our medical system has received renewed popularity and attention within organized medicine such as the American Medical Association. Advocates believe that this new payment model will address many of the unsolved issues in healthcare such as medical waste and unsustainable healthcare costs. In practice, however, this model is plagued with a myriad of unresolved issues of its own. In this commentary, we outline these issues and suggest that the intentions of those advocating for value-based payment models are either misguided or disingenuous. We then offer solutions that preserve our current fee-for-service model while making necessary changes that will benefit both physicians and patients nationwide.
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