Massachusetts – Path To The Future?

Many analysts believe that the Massachusetts health care market is the "canary in the coal mine" of the U.S. health care system, post-implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - We've Seen The Future Of Health Care & It's Massachusetts all members. And now, a new report (see Annual Report on the Massachusetts Health Care Market) on the Massachusetts market shows just which direction the market is heading – toward value-based payment.

While FFS remained the dominant payment method in 2012, global budget payment methods accounted for 35% of commercial payer enrollees (see Reform Update . . .