New England Journal of Medicine
Vol. 2021, Issue 385, Pages 965-967
September 2021
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Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy, ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø; Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration, HBS
Abstract
US health care payment and delivery-system reforms have focused on improving care by making organizations accountable for outcomes, quality, and costs. Payers have supported the implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), bundled-payment models, and other value-based payment reforms because they believe that holding health care systems accountable for population-level costs and quality will be more effective than focusing accountability at the physician level. Evidence suggests that these models have increased value but have underperformed relative to the aspirations for them.
Citation
Zaki, Mark M., Anupam B. Jena and Amitabh Chandra. "Supporting Value-Based Health Care - Aligning Financial and Legal Accountability." New England Journal of Medicine 2021.385 (September 2021): 965-967.