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High quality, patient-centered care requires a hybrid primary care payment system that encourages value-based care and physician quality assurance, according to an opinion article published recently in JAMA.
Researchers responded to a recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), titled “Implementing High-Quality Primary Care.” The NASEM report depicted a fragile primary care structure in the US and recommended using a hybrid reimbursement model to pay primary care practices.
The NASEM authors concluded that a part fee-for-service, part capitated model would be most effective. But the report left some researchers wanting more specific and tangible action items to implement this hybrid payment model.