For the past ten months on Health Affairs Blog, we’ve been discussing the evidence for different models of payment reform, examining everything from pay for performance to nonpayment. But no discussion of payment reform is complete without addressing benefit and network designs and how they can help or hinder various payment reforms. When the right payment method is paired with the right benefit and/or network design, they can work together to help reduce costs and improve care.
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November 4, 2014