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A Simple Way to Involve Frontline Clinicians in Managing Costs

Harvard Business Review

In 2016 the Scottish National Health Service (NHS Scotland) piloted an approach to value improvement that took both cost and quality into account and turned the management of value into the basic task of the point-of-care manager.

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It’s Time for Episode-Based Health Care Spending

Harvard Business Review

Today, payers and providers are using a range of strategies to accomplish this goal, including patient-centered medical homes , value-based contracting , and accountable care organizations (ACOs). REBP establishes end-to-end accountability for more than half that spending. The vexing question is how best to make this transition.