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EXIT FEE-FOR SERVICE MEDICINE
[Some Pundits say … Bye-Bye]
Continuing the health insurance industry’s march further away from fee-for-service medicine, UnitedHealth Group UNH +0.81% (UNH) will increase value-based payments to doctors and hospitals by 20 percent in 2015 to “north of $43 billion.”
UnitedHealth, considered a barometer for the health insurance industry given its size, is rapidly departing from the traditional fee-for-service approach that can lead to overtreatment and unnecessary medical tests and procedures.
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Value-based pay is tied to health outcomes, performance and quality of care provided. UnitedHealth’s pronouncements are in keeping with its previously stated commitment to increase payments that are tied to value-based arrangements to $65 billion by the end of 2018. Value-based payments come in a variety of forms.
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They include: pay-for-performance programs, patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations [ACOs], a rapidly emerging care delivery system that rewards doctors and hospitals for working together to improve quality and rein in costs.
Source: Bruce Japsen, Forbes
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