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Rules 1.1.0 · as of 14 Sep 2026
Owen Scott Muir · Said 4 Jan 2025 · owen-1478
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“In a value-based model, outpatient clinicians would be rewarded for keeping their patients out of the hospital, thus directly linking clinician financial incentives with improved patient outcomes. In this shared risk model, clinician and payer goals would be more closely aligned and there would be less incentive for payers to block payments for needed care.”
Describing value-based care as an alternative to fee-for-service in mental health: under a value-based, shared-risk model, clinicians would be paid for keeping patients out of hospital, goals would align with payers, and payers would have less incentive to block payments.
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