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Attend any healthcare conference and you’ll quickly discover that it’s become downright fashionable for healthcare leaders to talk about their unwavering commitment to “value-based care.” The ...

According to critics, a decade of value-based care (VBC) efforts have proven an abject failure, improving neither cost nor quality of healthcare. Over 50 VBC program implementations have collectively ...

Update: The originally published version of this article did not accurately descibe the Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns initiative and evaluation results. The currect version reflects ...

Value Assessment? Yes, But How? As we continue to see dramatic increases in health care spending, consensus likewise continues to grow that we need to realign the US health system to reward value, ...

To deliver on the promise of value-based care, organizations need to return to the fundamental objective: to deliver high-quality, affordable care to our communities. This all begs the question: Why ...