Month: January 2022

Give Medicare direct contracting time to prove its value or expose its flaws

Give Medicare direct contracting time to prove its value or expose its flaws

January 26, 2022

Dr. Clive Fields and Gary Jacobs

Healthcare experts have argued for years that we should move away from the dysfunctional, unsustainable fee-for-service Medicare reimbursement system and toward value-based models that incentivize better health outcomes such as reduced hospitalizations and post-acute care costs.

Medicare Advantage market shows signs of valuation bubble ready to burst

Medicare Advantage market shows signs of valuation bubble ready to burst

January 04, 2022

NONA TEPPER 

TARA BANNOW 

The past several years have seen headline after headline about investors buying up Medicare Advantage-focused providers for huge sums of money and throwing cash behind startup insurers that promise to disrupt the $350 billion market.