Category: Patient Care & Quality

In an effort to foster innovation and improve care within the state’s Medicaid program, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) recently released requests for … Read More ›

We’ve all heard the buzz words “volume to value” and Pennsylvania physicians know the transition is coming. In fact, earlier this year, the U.S. Department … Read More ›

The transition to a value-based system has already arrived in Pennsylvania, as shown by recent initiatives announced by the state’s Department of Health and Department … Read More ›

To help position Pennsylvania physicians and the Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) to take a lead in addressing practice variation, particularly as providers move from volume-based … Read More ›

It was almost a year ago that — for the first time in the history of the Medicare program — goals and a timeline for … Read More ›

For the first time in the history of the Medicare program, on Jan. 26, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human services announced goals … Read More ›

A great deal of national media attention has been focused in the past few days on allegations that some physicians are being pressured, particularly emergency … Read More ›

Get the Skills to Succeed in Value-Based Care Physicians and administrators are feeling uncertainty about the multitude of changes to the health care delivery system. … Read More ›