Kavita Patel

Kavita Patel, MD, is the managing director for clinical transformation and delivery at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

Redefining value in physician payment

By Kavita Patel | 03:24 pm | July 10, 2014

The Affordable Care Act included a number of delivery system reforms, such as ACOs, bundled payments, and workforce provisions to strengthen foundations in primary care. Unfortunately, a focused effort on payments for specialists was not included.