Is Value-Based Reimbursement Really Here? It’s Hard To Tell

To what extent is value-based reimbursement really happening? And is it working for payers? For provider organizations? It’s hard to tell given different surveys with widely varying results published within the last couple of months. Here’s what we know (or don’t)…

First, provider organizations report widely fluctuating rates of payment via value-based reimbursement. Earlier this year, OPEN MINDS surveyed provider organizations about payment via value-based reimbursement – and found that only 15% of health and human service provider organizations reported having some payment through pay-for-value arrangements (see Where Are Behavioral Health & Social . . .