This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

With the healthcare industry facing increasing economic pressure, many medical practices are exploring new models and different structures while evaluating the benefits and costs of remaining ...

Many physicians believe the work relative value units, or wRVU, model was built for a different era — one that didn’t account for burnout, cognitive work, care coordination or the slow erosion of ...

Family physicians utilizing value-based payment (VBP) models reported burnout relief in a new study from EHR company Elation Health and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The study ...

Dec. 2, 2004 — A new financial model that would increase payments to family physicians for preventive, chronic, and acute care services under the current fee-for-service system could increase annual ...

Hospital-owned physician practices continue to grow as doctors steadily move away from private practice, citing significant financial and regulatory challenges that make it difficult to stay ...

Over the past few years, the healthcare industry has seen an increase in the number of arrangements between clinical practices and non-clinical business entities for the provision of management ...

The incorporation of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) into the care of the oncology patient has been transformational to team-based care. APPs provide care and services that would otherwise require ...