Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled its “Better. Smarter. Healthier.” initiative. In it, the HHS released a timeline moving Medicare away from fee-for-service reimbursement to value models, placing a premium on the quality, rather than quantity, of service provided to patients.
Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled its “Better. Smarter. Healthier.” initiative. In it, the HHS released a timeline moving Medicare away from fee-for-service reimbursement to value models, placing a premium on the quality, rather than quantity, of service provided to patients.
The HHS has created the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network in order to expand alternative payment models beyond the Medicare program. The Network will hold it’s first meeting in March 2015.
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Better. Smarter. Healthier. Fact Sheet
