Value-Based Payment for Clinicians Treating Cardiovascular Disease: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association
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Published:2023-08-08
Issue:6
Volume:148
Page:543-563
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ISSN:0009-7322
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Container-title:Circulation
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Circulation
Author:
Sandhu Alexander T.,Heidenreich Paul A.,Borden William,Farmer Steven A.,Ho P. Michael,Hammond Gmerice,Johnson Janay C.,Wadhera Rishi K.,Wasfy Jason H.,Biga Cathie,Takahashi Edwin,Misra Khamal D.,Joynt Maddox Karen E.,
Abstract
Clinician payment is transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based payment, with reimbursement tied to health care quality and cost. However, the overarching goals of value-based payment—to improve health care quality, lower costs, or both—have been largely unmet. This policy statement reviews the current state of value-based payment and provides recommended best practices for future design and implementation. The policy statement is divided into sections that detail different aspects of value-based payment: (1) key program design features (patient population, quality measurement, cost measurement, and risk adjustment), (2) the role of equity during design and evaluation, (3) adjustment of payment, and (4) program implementation and evaluation. Each section introduces the topic, describes important considerations, and lists examples from existing programs. Each section includes recommended best practices for future program design. The policy statement highlights 4 key themes for successful value-based payment. First, programs should carefully weigh the incentives between lowering cost and improving quality of care and ensure that there is adequate focus on quality of care. Second, the expansion of value-based payment should be a tool for improving equity, which is central to quality of care and should be a focal point of program design and evaluation. Third, value-based payment should continue to move away from fee for service toward more flexible funding that allows clinicians to focus resources on the interventions that best help patients. Last, successful programs should find ways to channel clinicians’ intrinsic motivation to improve their performance and the care for their patients. These principles should guide the future development of clinician value-based payment models.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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