Is Value-Driven Health Care an Unfunded Mandate for Radiologists? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: The goals of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be summed up by the Triple Aim, as defined by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Improve population health, optimize the patient experience, and reduce the costs of care. CONCLUSION: Despite recent reimbursement reductions, radiologists have increasing opportunities to participate in value-based payment programs and should leverage those opportunities.

publication date

  • February 1, 2016

Research

keywords

  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Radiology
  • Value-Based Purchasing

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84956839228

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2214/AJR.15.15399

PubMed ID

  • 26797354

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 206

issue

  • 2