The Commonwealth Fund’s Medicare at 50 Years series next turns to payment reform—specifically, how Medicare is stepping up efforts to link provider payments to the value of care beneficiaries receive. In a new issue brief, Gerard Anderson, Karen Davis, and Stuart Guterman explore the evolution of Medicare payment policy, the potential of value-based payment to improve care and achieve savings, and strategies for accelerating its adoption.
Upcoming briefs will focus on modernizing Medicare’s benefit package, improving care for complex patients, and the program’s fiscal outlook.