Does Value-Based Care Cost More Than the Value It Creates?
Under fee-for-service (FFS) medicine, doctors and hospitals are paid for activity – consultations, investigations, procedures and hospital admissions – rather than for outcomes that truly matter to patients and society. The remedy has seemed obvious: if FFS creates the wrong incentives, change them by shifting payment from volume towards better outcomes and lower costs. This …
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