members of House of Representatives leaving building(Photo: AP)

Innovative health care models took center stage before Congress in late April as alternatives to the fee-based patient care system continued their national campaign to change the way U.S. health care is delivered – and paid for.

The Alliance for Value-Based Patient Care – a coalition advocating on behalf of the 630,000 physicians and other clinicians who participate in value-based models – presented its case for shifting away from fee-based medical care to the House of Representatives. The audience: staff and members of the House of Representatives. The host: the House Health Care Innovation Caucus. The specific purpose: to educate congressional staff on how value-based care works to benefit patients, the health care system, those who practice medicine, and those who pay for it.

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