The Role of Value-Based Payment in Promoting Innovation to Address Social Risks: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Risk Screening by U.S. Physicians

Date: 12/01/2020
Source: The Role of Value-Based Payment in Promoting Innovation to Address Social Risks: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Risk Screening by U.S. Physicians
Author(s): Amanda Brewster, Taressa Fraze, Laura Gottlieb, Jennifer Frehn, Genevra Murray, and Valerie Lewis

 

One of the most important possibilities of value-based payment is its potential to spur innovation in upstream prevention, such as attention to social needs that lead to poor health. However, there is uncertainty about the conditions under which value-based payment will encourage health care providers to innovate to address upstream social risks. This study found that expanding social risk screening by physician practices may require standardized approaches and implementation assistance to reduce the level of innovative capacity required.