On April 23, 2018, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation issued a Request for Information (the RFI) on a direct provider contracting model for primary care. The RFI seeks input on how direct ...

For the most part, providers support the Direct Provider Contracting proposal put forward by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with some stipulations and considerable tweaking. Key ...

Employers are actively seeking out alternatives to curb rising health benefit costs by sidestepping traditional carriers, a new report from Brighton Health Plan Solutions shows. Of the 150 health ...

Bundled payment has shown promise in reducing medical spending while maintaining quality. However, its impact among commercially insured populations has not been well studied. We examined the impacts ...

As employers look for new ways to control healthcare costs and provide innovative healthcare offerings to their employees, employers are starting to consider the “direct-to-provider” contracting model ...

Providers are making a full-court press to convince lawmakers and regulators not to nix the Direct Contracting payment model, warning shuttering the model in its second year could shatter confidence ...

Editor's Note: This is the second post of this 3-part series. Other posts in the series can be found here: Part 1 and Part 3. In all of the discussion and debate regarding Medicare for All and public ...