Proposal: The Alternative Reimbursement

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The alternative reimbursement I have selected is the future reimbursement method, which is the value-based payment models. I believe that the US is working it ways up to improve it, even though they are facing many challenging. With the old fee-for-service models, physicians and hospitals get rewarded based on the number of health care services they deliver, such as tests and procedures. Not just that, the payment generally has little to do with whether the patients’ health has improved or not. Value-based model is different from FFS because providers get rewarded for providing services to better manage disease and avoid more costly services such as hospitalization. Also, providers and hospitals get rewarded for improving the health of those

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