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Value-based payment models: Workforce shortages are a problem
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- The shortage of healthcare professionals and support staff limits participation in value-based payment models.
- Workforce challenges, including inadequate staffing, deter primary care practitioners from engaging in these models.
A physician researcher discusses why primary care physicians do not participate in value-based payment models.
Value-based payment models fail to attract participants because the U.S. health care system does not have enough doctors, clinical staff and support for primary care. Ann S. O’Malley, MD, MPH, a researcher for Mathematica, discusses some of the workforce implications of the study, “Why Primary Care Practitioners Aren’t Joining Value-Based Payment Models: Reasons and Potential Solutions.”
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