Journal article
A Guide to Understanding Reimbursement and Value-Based Care in the Military Health System
Military medicine, Vol.184(3-4), pp.e205-e210
03/01/2019
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usy206
PMID: 30169687
Abstract
With the continued rise in the cost of U.S. health care, there is an increased emphasis on value-based care methodologies. Value is defined as health outcomes achieved per dollar spent. Few studies have evaluated the role of value-based care in the Military Health System (MHS), especially in a format which physicians and providers can understand. The purpose of this article is to provide a guide to understanding current reimbursement systems and value-based care in the MHS and discuss potential strategies for improving value and military readiness.
We outlined the current value-based care methodologies in the MHS, and by using musculoskeletal care as an example, offer strategies for further improvement.
The MHS has been a leader in the health care industry in adopting value-based care strategies. Current value-based systems in the MHS are primarily designed to incentivize process measure compliance. Initial steps toward measurement and reporting health outcomes have been made, however, with the military's use of the Integrated Resourcing and Incentive System (IRIS), National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database, and the Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES).
As this article will describe, universal reporting of health outcomes, adoption of integrated practice units, and a focus on determining outcomes of illness over the entire care cycle offer a significant opportunity to accelerate the MHS journey to providing true value-based care. The universal measurement and systematic improvement of outcomes based on this measurement will contribute to military medical readiness and warfighter effectiveness.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Guide to Understanding Reimbursement and Value-Based Care in the Military Health System
- Creators
- Joseph W Galvin - Blanchfield Army Community HospitalJoshua C Thompson - Walter Reed Army Institute of ResearchAmy M Thompson - Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterStephen A Parada - Eisenhower Medical CenterJosef K Eichinger - Medical University of South CarolinaJonathan F Dickens - Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterBruce L Gillingham - United States Department of the Navy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Military medicine, Vol.184(3-4), pp.e205-e210
- DOI
- 10.1093/milmed/usy206
- PMID
- 30169687
- NLM abbreviation
- Mil Med
- ISSN
- 0026-4075
- eISSN
- 1930-613X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Record Identifier
- 9984618649002771
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