A recent survey of the NEJM Insights Council found that 42 percent of respondents believe value-based reimbursement models will be the main revenue model for health care in the U.S., according to an NEJM Catalyst report on the findings.
According to the report, respondents said at least a quarter of their organization’s reimbursement is, on average, value-based.
“In particular, survey respondents’ organizations are pursuing two value-based strategies: accountable care organizations, which often use capitated payments; and bundled payments, which provide single payments for multiple services addressing a single condition,” the report states.
Some 46 percent of participants, including clinical leaders, clinicians and executives, tout value-based contracts as a boon to quality of care, while 42 percent said the deals slash care costs. However, according to the report, about 36 percent of respondents remain skeptical about the success of value-based contracting, adding that there is insufficient evidence.