Employers drive movement to performance-based contracting
Recent quality initiatives by CMS have pushed performance-based contracting (PBC) to the forefront of managed care contracting. Providers that reshape their organizations to respond quickly to these government and private-sector initiatives can expect better steerage of patients to their facilities and even the carrot of direct contracting with local employers.
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