The Coming Challenges—and Opportunities—of Value-Based Purchasing

The Coming Challenges—and Opportunities—of Value-Based Purchasing
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March, furthering the federal government’s commitment to increasing the efficiency of the U.S. healthcare system by decreasing cost and improving quality. An expansion of the “value-based purchasing” model, this law mandates that ratings and reimbursements to physicians and hospitals be increasingly tied to measured quality of care.

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