The transition from the traditional fee-for-service model to value-based models based on patient outcomes has caused a stir in the healthcare industry as many grapple to understand how to make this change. Consulting firms, technology companies, task forces and government regulations have been created specifically for the transition, pulling both the public and private sectors into the process of changing payment in the healthcare industry.
Although the shift was suggested in the 1990s, the industry has dragged its feet. To revitalize the effort, some of the largest players in the healthcare space have united and formed the Health Care Innovation Task Force, a cross-industry workgroup committed to change.
An upcoming webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and Roseville, Calif.-based consulting and technology company Intel-GE Care Innovations will discuss the details of moving the payment system to an accountable one. Care Innovations CEO Sean Slovenski will lead a discussion on how CMS and the Healthcare Task Force plan to accelerate the move to accountability, why some major healthcare players have joined the Health Care Transformation Task Force, what the task force hopes to achieve and how the move to accountability will ultimately affect the wider industry.
The webinar will take place from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CST on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Click here to register.
