CMS Says Value-Based Care Parameters Unclear To Patients, Providers

CMS officials are prioritizing revamping elements of value-based care after acknowledging concerns that neither patients nor providers have a clear, unified understanding of what value-based care entails. Those conversations come as lawmakers raise concerns about Medicare expenditures, and as some point to value-based care as a potential means of curbing cost growth in the current health system. During a Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) conference session on Monday (Oct. 30), Jon Blum, principal deputy administrator of CMS,...