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Majority of States Have Committed to Value-Based Care, Payment Reform

April 17, 2019 - There has been significant growth in the number of states and territories implementing value-based care models in the last five years, with a total of 48 committing to payment reform nationwide, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to a report from Change Healthcare. Half of these value-based models are multi-payer in...


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