‘Turn the system on its head’: Value-based payment offers benefits for rural patients, PCPs

As the demand for primary care physicians rises across the United States, people in rural areas are experiencing barriers to access that others do not — but a value-based payment system could help, an expert said.
John Gale, MS, a senior research associate for the Maine Rural Health Research Center, discussed how primary care could benefit from a new payment model at the National Rural Health Association’s annual conference.
“I will tell you upfront I don't think value-based payment is the end-all-be-all solution to our health problems,” he said. “It is layering a

As the demand for primary care physicians rises across the United States, people in rural areas are experiencing barriers to access that others do not — but a value-based payment system could help, an expert said.
John Gale, MS, a senior research associate for the Maine Rural Health Research Center, discussed how primary care could benefit from a new payment model at the National Rural Health Association’s annual conference.
“I will tell you upfront I don’t think value-based payment is the end-all-be-all solution to our health problems,” he said. “It is layering a