Alternative Payment Models in Medical Oncology: Assessing Quality-of-Care Outcomes Under Partial Capitation

摘要

BackgroundAlternative payment models (APMs) in healthcare are emerging that reward quality of care over quantity of services. Most bundled payment programs that are described in published studies are related to episodes for a surgical inpatient hospital stay. With outpatient services, monthly capitated payments are an alternative to bundled payments for specialty services.