Greg Barabell

What is known on this topic ○ Continuity of prenatal care is essential due to healthcare complexity, progressive medical needs, and increasing need for coordination among multiple specialties. ○ A recently developed algorithm specifically designed for prenatal care integrated continuity of prenatal care to identify the predominant prenatal care provider.

Editor’s note:This is the second of two articles on the importance of accurate patient attribution. Read the first article at http://bit.ly/35PjZHL. Whether you are in a value-based payment model or not, payers are collecting and analyzing claims data to measure your performance. You may be eligible for pay-for-performance incentives or in a risk-based contract, but regardless of how you are paid, your data are being used to rank your “value” to the health care system.

Editor’s note:This is the first of two articles looking at how pediatricians should maintain accurate patient attribution and its impact on a practice’s value-based payment. About half of general pediatricians are involved in a value-based payment model, according to a recent AAP Periodic Survey of Fellows (http://bit.ly/2rVuwmb).