1. 1. QUESTION

   Respond to your classmate, share your thoughts on the pitfall or problem they have identified. 
   STUDENTS RESPONSE :For this week’s discussion I will be talking about of the problems with value-based reimbursement and how they can be resolved.
   According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website (2018) value-based reimbursement programs, “…reward health care providers with incentive payments for the quality of care they give to people with Medicare” (para. 1). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services website (2018) goes on to state that, “Our value-based programs are important because they’re helping us move toward paying providers based on the quality, rather than the quantity of care they give patients” (para. 2). 
   However, even though these programs seem perfect, there are drawbacks. Minemyer (2016) writes, “Some physicians are concerned that the models asks too much of them…” (para. 2). Minemyer (2016) goes on to state that, “…a physician at the Arlington Free Clinic in Virginia, said that some doctors feel it will merely increase their patient load, and it makes them responsible for wellness issues that are beyond their typical scope” (para. 2). The Michigan Health Policy Forum’s website (n.d.) states that these programs will, “Inappropriately assign accountability to physicians and hospitals for services they did not deliver and cannot control, while at the same time failing to hold healthcare providers accountable for many of the services they do deliver” (para. 2). 
   It order to resolve these issues physicians should take a more in-depth look at the program to see if these issues are a legitimate concern or not. It seems that these concerns are may be a bit premature and that doctors should remember that if this program provides better care for their patients that is something that they need to hold on to.
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