RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Sea Change in Medicine
JF North Carolina Medical Journal
JO N C Med J
FD North Carolina Institute of Medicine
SP 261
OP 264
DO 10.18043/ncm.77.4.261
VO 77
IS 4
A1 Bruch, Richard
YR 2016
UL http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/4/261.abstract
AB The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Triple Aim are driving a shift toward value-based care. Significant financial risk is being transferred from commercial insurers and government payers to hospital systems and independent physician groups. Medicare has developed bundled payment programs, but legislative barriers still impede the implementation of value-based health care.