Value-based Purchasing: A Strategic Overview for Health Care Industry StakeholdersNew Issue Brief examines value-based purchasing in the context of health care reform |
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Interest is high in both public and private health care sectors to achieve better outcomes and value for funds invested. Value-based purchasing (VBP) is a payment methodology that holds health care providers accountable for the quality and cost of the services they provide by a system of rewards and consequences, conditional upon achieving pre-specified performance measures.
VBP payment reform is expected to reduce Medicare spending by approximately $214 billion over the next 10 years and has significant implications for health care organizations. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began implementing pilots in 2003; health care reform legislation can accelerate VBP as cost and quality concerns are aligned.
This Issue Brief:
- Defines VBP in health care delivery;
- Summarizes notable VBP initiatives already implemented by CMS;
- Looks ahead to VBP implementation under health care reform legislation;
- Reviews commercial health plans' response to VBP and other payment reforms;
- Discusses potential challenges of implementing VBP;
- Provides key takeaways for health care providers, employers, health plans, state and federal government, and consumers.
Value-based Purchasing: A strategic overview for health care industry stakeholders
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