For the most part, providers support the Direct Provider Contracting proposal put forward by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, with some stipulations and considerable tweaking. Key ...

Over the past several years, the big trend in healthcare has been to inch away from fee-for-service reimbursement and toward value-based care, in which a provider's reimbursement is tied more to ...

CMS issued a request for information on direct provider contracting models as a possible avenue to reduce costs and improve care quality. Direct provider contracts would cut payers out of the equation ...

Direct provider contracting (DPC) is coming to Medicare. Under a new announcement about reforming health care payment and delivery, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced ...

Employers have been trying to figure out healthcare since the days of the Model T. Henry Ford opened his namesake hospital in 1915 with hopes of improving the quality of healthcare for his employees.

NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new report from Brighton Health Plan Solutions, LLC, an overwhelming 75% of employers surveyed are engaged in direct contracts as part of their ...

Carla Hewitt knew it was her calling to work in disability care. After more than 30 years in the field, she stays out of pure love. "I had a family member with a (developmental disability), and it ...