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Patient attribution is a critical component of alternative payment models (APMs) that appropriately hold providers accountable for their care performance.
“Attribution methodology is at the core of constructing actuarially sound, provider-accepted and operational Alternative Payment Models (APMs), and attribution is the most critical component of value-based contract design,” the Society of Actuaries recently wrote in a new research paper.
“Issues related to attribution have typically been approached from the payer perspective in markets such as Medicare Advantage and Medicaid managed care, but as provider entities enter into population-based payment arrangements, it is vital that they be able to identify attributed patients to manage their care.”