From Volume to Value: Hospital Leads on Community Health

Secretary Burwell's announcement that CMS will start linking more Medicare payments to value-based purchasing will force hospital management, physicians and board members to step back, size up the options and chart a course in response to the volume-to-value transition.

To ensure that your system will work under a new payment model, develop partnerships with other providers and start with your employees.

Suzanne Delbanco, executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform, sits down with H&HN contributing editor Bob Kehoe to discuss the organization's vision for spreading value-based payment, and moving away from fee-for-service reimbursement.