Hospital Participation in ACOs Associated With Other Value-Based Program Improvement

Experts at an Institute for Value-Based Medicine event held October 14, 2025, in Aurora, Colorado, explored advances in neurology care, cross-specialty collaboration, and strategies to improve access and therapy.

Experts discuss the clinical and economic burden of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), emerging clinical data, and strategies to improve patient outcomes.

Patients with stage I to IIIA NSCLC had lower 2- and 4-year mortality in states that expanded Medicaid coverage.

Rachel A. Prusynski, DPT, PhD, discusses her study on how payment models affect home health care delivery and patient outcomes.

Polarized dermatoscopes produced higher-quality teledermatology images but at greater cost, raising questions about feasibility and equitable access.

Self-pay emergency department prices rose significantly from 2021 to 2023, especially at for-profit and system-affiliated hospitals, highlighting growing affordability challenges for uninsured and underinsured patients.