title: Is your organization ready for value-based payment?
abstract: To prepare for value-based healthcare reform and payment reform, healthcare finance leaders should: evaluate their organizations' competencies related to integration, risk management, and pricing; understand value-based payment models currently under study; enhance transparency of quality of care and pricing; become actively involved in efforts to measure and publish their organizations' quality data; establish contracting priorities and initiatives based on stakeholder input.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA. mjdcruz@stvincent.org
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: D'Cruz
authors.forename: Terri L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Welter
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D033181:Information Dissemination; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States