93% Of Medicaid Health Plans Reported Using Value-Based Payment Or Alternative Payment Models In 2019
Approximately 93% of Medicaid health plans reported using value-based payment (VBP) or alternative payment models (APMs) in 2019, according to recent analysis by the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI). The most common payment strategies were payment incentives based on performance measures related to access to care (about 64%), incentives for availability of same-day or after-hours appointments (43%), enhanced payment rates for hard-to-recruit provider types (29%), and other strategies (29%, including enhanced payments to providers for a specific health outcome for …