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A Decade of Value-Based Payment: Lessons Learned And Implications For The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation, Part 1

June 9, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, APMs, CMS, Cost Reduction, COVID-19, Fee for service, health spending, organization of care, payment, payment models, value-based payment, value-based purchasing, vbc

Over the past decade, adoption of value-based payment (VBP) models has increased substantially. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation’s has launched multiple new models since its authorization, commercial payers have structured almost one-third of their payments as alternative payment models (APMs), and state Medicaid programs have increasingly included payment reforms in their waivers and…

New ACO Playbook: Can Coordination Of Care Save Enough Money To Save ACOs?

April 29, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACOs, care coordination, care plans, care teams, CMS, CMS Innovation Center, coordination of care, data organization, direct contracting, Medicare, organization of care, Primary Care First, savings, Shared Savings, vbc

Central to the controversy about ACOs’ potential for Value-Based Care is whether they actually save enough money and reduce costs fast enough. Researchers and advocates have produced various independent studies of ACO savings, the most generous estimating $1.8 billion in cumulative savings over the first three years of the program, almost double CMS estimates. Many…