Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network: An Initiative for Quality Care Delivery

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DISCUSSION PAPER
Health care reform in response to increased health care costs in United States has set a
goal of achieving better care in terms of quality to achieve healthier status among population.
The health care learning and action network is drawing an attention of private, public as well as
non-profit sectors to give importance to the quality of care rather than the quantity of care
provision to people. This network has set up a goal of combining 30 percentage of Medicare
service fee payments with quality of care through alternative payment models and then increase
this by 50 percent (Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, 2017). Alternative
payment models (APM) provide benefit in reducing health care costs and provide better quality
care through common payment services for payers and providers. This network draws payers,
providers, consumers to increase the transitioning to APM by making the operational changes
viable. This Network acts a convening body which works for joint implementation of new
payment models with quality care delivery. The initiatives taken include collaborative
approaches and developing financial models to ensure quality care delivery, thereby creating
implementation guidelines (Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, 2017). These
initiatives will in turn lead to improved health care benefits through quick transitioning to
alternative health care payments.
The policy of Medicare is involved in providing coverage to those who do not have
coverage which acts as an advantage of the Medicare. In many cases the Medicare does work
well. As a result of several ageing adults who is able to get some coverage otherwise who won’t
be able to afford it. This Medicare program was created for 9 millions older adults who didn’t
have health coverage. The Medicare costs quite less little every month where Medicare enrollees