29% of Doctors Have Tools Needed for Value-Based Care Payments

Only 29 percent of polled physicians stated that they have the tools necessary to function effectively in the world of value-based care payments. While value-based care payments are making headway across the country, there are still barriers that stand in the way of payers and providers fully embracing these alternative payment models. A report from Quest Diagnostics and Inovalon found that complicated quality metrics and physicians lacking access to patient data are two major challenges to adoption of value-based care payments, according to a company press release…