What
Arizona
DOCS are Saying Why does your practice or employer use a value-based care model? We are a quality-driven organization and we embraced this early to align incentives with our quality. —Kipling P. Sharpe, MD A waste of time. Excellent care is not always measurable. —Jay Friedman, MD Patient demand. —Anthony Yeung, MD Health outcomes are improved, and our revenue is increased. —Arthur Chou, MD
What is the biggest upside from using a value-based care model? Less waste and better outcomes — get rid of the profit motive. —Donald A. Opila, MD Comprehensive evidence-based care reminders on each patient from data analytics. A whole picture snapshot is available each visit for each patient and snapshots of the patients who don’t come in. —Susan Whitely, MD Potential in improving the quality of healthcare while reducing cost. —Arthur Chou, MD
What is the biggest downside from using a value-based care model? The financial risk of things that are truly out of your control. —Kipling P. Sharpe, MD Value based care is not only based on outcomes but efficiency. Efficiency is another way of saying less costly to the insurance company. This is not in the patient’s best interest. At times, we may need to opt for treatments that are in the patient’s best interest but may not be viewed as being inefficient by the insurance company because it costs more. —Rahul Rishi, DO Cut in incomes of MDs who are gaming the system. —Donald A. Opila, MD The constant influence by payers, government, and competing providers all trying to survive by maximizing income. —Anthony Yeung, MD Lower reimbursement. —Nathan Laufer, MD
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