Despite a broad push to pay for value over volume, health systems are still largely reliant on the fee-for-service model as they gradually take on more financial risk through new payment methods. But systems that have the resources, infrastructure and appetite to delve more deeply into value-based payment reform are starting to see a return on their investments.
In this year’s Modern Healthcare Hospital Systems Survey, only nine out of 60 respondents said they derived 10% or more of their net patient revenue in 2016 from risk-based contracts, which was largely in line with last year’s survey.
