Clinicians and healthcare policymakers are accepting that physical and mental health are closely interconnected. This view is now influencing the aims and focus of value-based care (VBC) through Chronic Care Management (CCM), care coordination, and Behavioral Health Integration (BHI).

A March 2023 editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine spoke to the crossroads that the quality measurement movement faces.

Quality is a foundational tenet of the US healthcare system. Performance measurement provides a standardized approach to prioritize specific clinical or operational outcomes.

This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new advanced primary care program. Called the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model, this new initiative will be tested in eight states over the course of 10.5 years, starting July 1, 2024.

Independent physician practices remain a significant piece of the US primary care system, despite a trend by health systems, hospitals, and private equity firms to purchase and absorb these offices. According to research from the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), between 2017–2019, 81% of family physicians still worked in independently-owned practices.

Care management programs like Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) can help physicians implement and transition to value-based care. In this video, we'll discuss three ways an RPM program can help your practice address the specific performance areas that are relevant to this healthcare model, including:

Value-based care requires providers to meet specific quality performance metrics. Failure to do so can negatively impact financial reimbursements and disappoint patient expectations. But even with these penalties, some organizations struggle to adopt this approach to primary care, as the course to do so isn't always straightforward.

Value-based care requires providers to meet specific quality performance metrics. Failure to do so can negatively impact financial reimbursements and disappoint patient expectations. But even with these penalties, some organizations struggle to adopt this approach to primary care, as the course to do so isn't always straightforward.

Value-based care requires providers to meet specific quality performance metrics. Failure to do so can negatively impact financial reimbursements and disappoint patient expectations. But even with these penalties, some organizations struggle to adopt this approach to primary care, as the course to do so isn't always straightforward.

Value-based care requires providers to meet specific quality performance metrics. Failure to do so can negatively impact financial reimbursements and disappoint patient expectations. But even with these penalties, some organizations struggle to adopt this approach to primary care, as the course to do so isn't always straightforward.