Basics of Value-based Care
Value-based care and payment represents a movement toward adequately supporting, rewarding, and growing success in primary care. Understand how and why to get started, what your options are and fundamental concepts related to value-based care and payment.
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Learn how to enhance patient care, streamline processes, and improve overall practice efficiency as you successfully transition into a value-based care practice model.
9 Reasons to try value-based care
Learn why your peers who are successful in value-based care love it.
Easing into value-based care: 3 steps
Build on FFS and the work you're already doing to start seeing the benefits of VBC.
How to Succeed in Value-based Care
As care costs spiral, learn how to make the most of value-based care programs.
Medicare Annual Wellness Visits
Identify care gaps, increase revenue, and prepare your practice for value-based care.
Risk Algorithm and Rubric
Access tools that make risk-stratified care effective.
Risk Adjustment in Team-based Care
Guide your team in appropriate coding and data use.
Hierarhical Conditional Category Coding
Learn about a risk-adjustment model that plays a big role in value-based payments.
Payment Approaches
Learn about payment options that make it sustainable to focus on the right outcomes for your patients. Value-based payment can look like joining an accountable care organization, applying for an innovative payment model or using care management codes. Gain the understanding you need to choose optimal payment for your practice.
Care Management Toolkits
Integrate Medicare's TCM and CCM programs.
ACOs
Learn what ACOs are and how to choose one.
Physician Payment and Risk Basics
Before accepting risk contracts, get a broader understanding and education of risks, rewards, and costs.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
See the latest value-based payment models being offered to family physicians by CMMI.