Discussion: Shifting From Volume to Value

Note:This is a Post First assignment. You are required to post your original post before the discussion board opens for your review.

Health care reform is changing the delivery and financing of care, creating a shift from volume-based, fee-for-service care, to value-based care focused on efficiency and quality. This shift has led to changes in health insurance and health care delivery markets. For this Discussion, you examine this volume to value shift and consider implications of the changes.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Analyze the current economic shift from volume-based health care to value-based health care. What economic principles (macro and micro) are driving this shift?
• Evaluate implications of this volume to value shift. How has this shift affected how you work or how you or a family member has been treated for a medical condition?

By Day 3

Posta cohesive response to the following:

Analyze economic principles that are driving the shift from volume-based health care to value-based health care. Then, evaluate implications of this volume to value shift. Provide an example of how this shift has affected how you work or how you or a family member has been treated for a medical condition.

Support your response by identifying and explaining key points and/or examples presented in the Learning Resources.