The real reason value-based care has not delivered

It has been 20 years since the term “value-based care” (VBC) entered the health care lexicon.

VBC was supposed to transform health care. It promised to move the system away from fee-for-service (FFS), a model that rewards volume over outcomes, toward a future defined by prevention, efficiency, better patient results, reduced waste, and lower costs. Two decades later, that promise remains largely unfulfilled. Despite years of pilots, policy pushes, and payment …

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The real reason value-based care has not delivered