Pay-For-Value In Action

The shift from fee-for-service (FFS) reimbursement to value-based contracting is certainly a work in progress. Some markets, some payers, and some services are more in progress than others. But one place where the shift has gone from concept to reality is Arizona – in the Maricopa County, Arizona system. Arizona’s Regional Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA), Arizona (GSA 6), is managed by Mercy Maricopa, which is sponsored by Mercy Care Plan and Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS). Mercy Care Plan is an Arizona Medicaid Plan sponsored by Dignity Health and Carondelet Health Network, and managed by Aetna. In . . .