SSM Health has established "foundational building blocks" to support value-based care. The chief clinical officer of SSM Health is passionate about value-based care. Stephanie Duggan, MD, became chief ...

The healthcare industry’s movement away from fee-for-service care models and toward value-based care has been an incredibly gradual process. Contracting in these arrangements remains difficult for ...

For health systems, providing effective value-based care involves having foundational building blocks, this chief clinical officer says. Stephanie Duggan, MD, the chief clinical officer of SSM Health, ...

Just over three-quarters of health system and hospital C-suites say they plan to increase value-based care model participation within the next two years, up from the 57% who indicated similarly back ...

Transitioning from fee for service into value-based care has big challenges for health systems. But it doesn’t have to become a monumental change. John Herman, CEO of Penn Medicine Lancaster Health, ...

Analytics driven by artificial intelligence could transform value-based care by addressing long-standing inefficiencies and enabling providers to deliver better outcomes at lower costs. This is among ...

We’ve all seen the news: Value-based care is coming, it’s inevitable, it’s here. But many health systems have yet to see major impacts from value-based reimbursement models such as accountable care ...

American workers are currently facing a shifting labor market: with job openings at a four-year low, employees are both seeking stability and bringing an increased level of discernment to potential ...

In healthcare you hear a lot about the benefits of moving from a fee-for-service (FFS) model—which has been the norm for more than 70 years—to a value-based care (VBC) model. Healthcare experts often ...

In health care, the term "excellence" often surfaces in mission statements and promotional materials—but what does it genuinely mean? In a sector where human lives, dignity and trust are at stake, the ...

Wellvana has struck a 20-year affiliation with Mercy that will offer the system’s nonemployed primary care physicians and advanced practice providers participation in value-based care. The arrangement ...

Basing payment on clinical outcomes rather than the volume of service is increasingly common among medical practitioners, yet value-based reimbursement is less common among mental health practices.