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ArticleAnnals of medicine2024

Value-based healthcare payment models: a wolf in sheep's clothing for patients and clinicians.

Forrest Bohler, Allison Garden, Callaham Brock, Lily Bohler

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Forrest BohlerOakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9963-2213
Allison GardenEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Carolinas Campus, Spartanburg, SC, USA.
Callaham BrockEdward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Carolinas Campus, Spartanburg, SC, USA.
Lily BohlerMT State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Value-based healthcare payment models are an alternative insurance payment system that compensates healthcare providers based on their patients' outcomes rather than the individual services healthcare workers provide. This shift from the current fee-for-service model that predominates our medical system has received renewed popularity and attention within organized medicine such as the American Medical Association. Advocates believe that this new payment model will address many of the unsolved issues in healthcare such as medical waste and unsustainable healthcare costs. In practice, however, this model is plagued with a myriad of unresolved issues of its own. In this commentary, we outline these issues and suggest that the intentions of those advocating for value-based payment models are either misguided or disingenuous. We then offer solutions that preserve our current fee-for-service model while making necessary changes that will benefit both physicians and patients nationwide.

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Fee-for-Service PlansValue-Based Health CareHealth Care CostsHumansReimbursement MechanismsUnited StatesValue-Based Health Insurancefee-for-servicehealthcare efficiencyhealth insuranceinsurance reformpatient outcomephysician reimbursementpopulation healthpreventative medicineValue-based healthcare

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PMID39046804
PMCPMC11271071

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