The physician-insurer dynamic must shift to successfully implement value-based payments

How to implement Marketing 2.0 Successfully

The purpose of this research is to develop a model that would close the gap between marketing plans and strategies from one side and the advanced online collaboration applications platforms known as WEB 2.0 in order to implement marketing 2.0 smoothly without disrupting the working environment. We started by examining published articles related to marketing, Web 2.0, Customer Relationship Manag...

Ensuring the Values in Value-Based Payments.

More than a century after Twain wrote his comments, what we now label “fee-for-service” has, as Twain lamented, continued as the dominant payment model in health care. However, the march toward value-based payment has started to change the system, and far more dramatic changes are on the horizon. The Affordable Care Act and payment reform are transforming the system back to Twain’s “old time cu...

Linking Physician Payments to Quality Care

Family Physician Readiness for Value-Based Payments: Does Ownership Status Matter?

Value-based payments are rapidly replacing fee-for-service arrangements, necessitating advancements in physician practice capabilities and functions. The objective of this study was to examine potential differences among family physicians who are owners versus employed with respect to their readiness for value-based payment models. The authors surveyed more than 550 family physicians from the A...

Franchise Value and Insurer Performance

This study provides evidence that franchise value improves insurers’ operating performance. Essentially coming from an insurer’s market power, franchise value includes the insurer’s brand royalty, business networking, and underwriting and claim specialty. High franchise value firms who could charge more, have lower operating costs, and have a larger client base are potentially more profitable. ...