Overcoming Challenges to US Payment Reform

Massachusetts considering payment reform.

Facilitators and Barriers to Payment Reform

Fee-for-service, the predominant method of paying for health care in the United States, is an unsustainable payment approach that rewards volume, resulting in an increase in the number of health care services that are provided, regardless of the outcome of the service. Many believe this form of payment has contributed greatly to the ever-increasing costs of health care. Payment reform, which en...

Success in Payment Reform Requires

California Improvement Network (CIN) partners — provider groups and coalitions, health plans, and quality improvement organizations — gathered in February 2017 to discuss the payment landscape and how to prepare for likely changes. While health care policies were being debated in Washington, DC, the partners expressed concern about potential upheaval but also hope that any changes will enable t...

NRHI Healthcare Payment Reform Series

NRHI Healthcare Payment Reform Series BETTER WAYS TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE A Primer on Healthcare Payment Reform