Data on Managed Care Detailed by Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (Incorporating Value Into Physician Payment and Patient Cost Sharing)

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Managed Care are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Boston, Massachusetts, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "The United States is simultaneously moving toward value-based payments for populations and precision medicine for individuals."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Massachusetts General Hospital, "During this evolution, innovations in payment and delivery that enhance tailoring of treatments to individuals while improving the value of care are needed. We propose one such innovation that would allow physician payment and patient cost sharing to better reflect the value of care by allowing the appropriateness of a service for a given patient in a given clinical situation to play a more meaningful role in the design of such incentives."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "We introduce the idea of a payment modifier, based on indication and appropriateness, and discuss its advantages and challenges to implementation."

For more information on this research see: Incorporating Value Into Physician Payment and Patient Cost Sharing. American Journal of Managed Care, 2018;24(3):126-128. American Journal of Managed Care can be contacted at: Managed Care & Healthcare Communications Llc, 666 Plainsboro Rd, Ste 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Z.R. Song, Massachusetts General Hospital, Dept. of Med, Boston, MA 02114, United States. Additional authors for this research include A.S. Navathe, E.J. Emanuel and K.G. Volpp.

Keywords for this news article include: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America, Managed Care, Massachusetts General Hospital.