Washington, D.C., Area Health Care Market Sticks to Fee for Service; Dips Toe into Value-Based Payment

Despite acknowledging the inevitable shift from fee-for-service to value-based payment and the need to develop population-management capabilities, most D.C. metro area hospitals are sticking to fee-for-service competitive strategies to attract patients by building urgent care centers and freestanding emergency departments in affluent, well-insured areas, according to a new qualitative study by Mathematica Policy Research for the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy.