User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Alternative payment model (healthcare)

Alternative payment model (Alberta, Canada) also known as an alternative funding model,

Timeline

 * 1999 Crowfoot Village Family Practice (CVFP)—a "multi-disciplinary clinic operating" was established. It has operated an "alternative funding model since 1999".
 * 2009 Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) analyzed data collected from 2009 through 2019 from The Taber Clinic and Calgary's Crowfoot Village Family Practice (CVFP) —clinics that "offer a team-based model of care". In Primary Care Network clinics like these the "clinics receive yearly block funding from Alberta Health to care for a patient regardless of how often that person is seen." In the usual fee-for-service payment system, Alberta physicians "bill the province for every patient visit." According to HQCA CEO, Andrew Neuner, both of these clinics had "better outcomes for their patients and at a lower cost for the system." Neuner said that these clinics cost Alberta more upfront but "saved the health care system a combined total of nearly $120 million over 10 years". For example, the CVFP "receives a block amount for each of its 24,000 patients — which averages out to $315 per patient/per year, depending on age and gender."