Michael Chernew Makes The Case for Payment Reform

Listen to Health Affairs' Chris Fleming talk with Harvard Medical School's Michael Chernew on accountable care organizations, direct contracting, why health care payment reform remains necessary in 2022, and more.

Show Notes

This week on Health Affairs Forefront (formerly known as the Health Affairs Blog), Michael Chernew, director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab in the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, and Michael McWilliams, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, wrote a piece making the case for accountable care organizations (ACOs) and how fee-for-service payment models lack efficiency.

Today on Health Affairs This Week, Michael Chernew joins Health Affairs Forefront Editor Chris Fleming to discuss the Forefront piece, ACOs, direct contracting, why health care payment reform remains necessary in 2022, and more.

Related Links:

• The Case For ACOs: Why Payment Reform Remains Necessary (Health Affairs Forefront)
• Medicare Advantage, Director Contracting, And The Medicare 'Money Machine," Part 1: The Risk-Score Game (Health Affairs Forefront)
• Coding-Driven Changes In Measured Risk In Accountable Care Organizations (Health Affairs)
• Podcast: Matthew Trombley on Why Many Providers Run From Downside Risk In ACOs (A Health Podyssey)

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