Ep. 6 “Real ACOs have never been tried!”

We take to task healthcare policy wonks who lament that the government can no longer mandate hospital systems to participate in new “value-based” payment schemes.  These alternative payment plans have been a disaster from the get-go, but it seems that central planners never lose hope. LINKS: Levy, S. Bagley N, and Rajkumar R. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1800483 (Reform at Risk: Mandating Participation in Alternative Payment Plans.) WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/_b6GPBUoCuo (Watch the episode) on our YouTube channel Support this podcast

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