Hybrid Primary Care Payment Structure Crucial to Quality Care
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…