July 2021

During her opening plenary at the National Association of ACOs Spring 2021 Conference, Liz Fowler, PhD, JD, deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, highlighted how the center is taking a pause to reassess its models and determine what is coming next.

Late 2020 changes make accountable care organizations a canary in the coal mine.

The quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) is a popular tool for value assessment but is flawed. This paper highlights potential solutions.

A better summary measure would be useful, but it is unclear whether there will ever be sufficiently little variation in valuation to design methods in a way that does not require repeated and costly reevaluation of assumptions.