Value-Based Care Spotlight

Value-Based Care Spotlight

Basics of value-based care

Value-based care is a term that Medicare, Medicaid, doctors and other health care professionals sometimes use to describe health care that is designed to focus on quality of care, provider performance and the patient experience. 

Flexibility to best meet patient needs: Connor’s story

Learn how home kidney treatment allowed Connor to continue the work he loves.

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Patient and provider voices

Learn how value-based care supports patients and their providers, as told through their experiences and voices.

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Loneliness and isolation can worsen health conditions, and in response, CMS helps promote companionship

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The Pennsylvania Rural Health Model aims to improve rural patients’ access to care and reduce hospital admissions

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Key Concepts

Key Concepts are a useful tool for anyone who wants to learn how the CMS Innovation Center is transforming our health care system to focus on quality over volume. 

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Accountable Care and Accountable Care Organizations

In an accountable care relationship, doctors and other health care providers work with each other and their patients to manage their patients’ overall health...

Person-Centered Care

In a value-based health care system, doctors and other health care providers deliver high-quality care using a person-centered care approach. This differs from a traditional fee-for-service system where patients get...

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10/02/2024 12:11 PM