Alternative Payment Models

Strive Health
'We are seeing an increase in patients who are engaged and activated and want to learn about transplant,' says Strive Health's Amit Kapoor, M.D., M.B.A., 'so I think the pipeline is filling up quicker and is more robust than it may have been three or four years ago.'
Alternative Payment Models

Is End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices Model Moving the Needle?

Aug. 20, 2024
Amit Kapoor, M.D., M.B.A., chief nephrology officer at Strive Health, discusses recent JAMA Health Forum study that shows little impact on home dialysis or transplant rates
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Maryland, Vermont Apply for CMS’ State-Level Total Cost of Care Model

April 19, 2024
Both states applying to participate in CMS’ AHEAD model have experience with healthcare payment and delivery system reform
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CMS to Test Mandatory 5-Year Episode-Based Alternative Payment Model

April 17, 2024
Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) aims to improve the patient experience by supporting the coordination and transition of care between providers
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Q&A: Brittany Cunningham on Vanderbilt’s MyHealth Bundles Program

April 12, 2024
‘We say what is the best clinical care possible — and then we put a payment model around it,’ says Cunningham, vice president for VUMC’s Episodes of Care Office
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Surgeon Leader to Congress: Make CMMI Test Physician-Developed APMs

April 11, 2024
American College of Surgeons CEO Patricia L. Turner, M.D., M.B.A., says the current model of individual, disconnected quality measures is insufficient to achieve coordinated, ...
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CMS Innovation Center Models to Emphasize Patient-Reported Outcomes

April 3, 2024
New Quality Pathway initiative may require new measures to address gaps in validated measures addressing a model’s quality goals