The entire healthcare community is looking for ways to reduce costs and confusion, while yielding better patient outcomes. New reimbursement models being tested by Medicare, private payers and think tanks aim to consider all the entities in the payment process—and they all have their advantages and their drawbacks.
While many primary care physicians (PCPs) welcome the change, Jill Rubin Hummel, vice president of payment innovation at WellPoint, Inc., says she is often asked for advice on how to sort through the many new reimbursement models that are emerging.
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September 25, 2013
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