Value-based reimbursement is now less of a focus for Medicare and Medicaid, but health plans will continue to carry the torch. The government's retreat from those programs will make it more difficult for health plans to have significant impact on how care is delivered in the country, says Michael Thompson, president and CEO of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (formerly the National Business Coalition on Health), a DC-based nonprofit that represents more than 12,000 purchasers employers and 41 million Americans. The new law also requires insurers to cover preventive services like mammograms without charging co-pays or deductibles.
Value-based reimbursement is now less of a focus for Medicare and Medicaid, but health plans will continue to carry the torch. The new law also requires insurers to cover preventive services like mammograms without charging co-pays or deductibles.