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Modernizing Risk Adjustment for Value-Based Care Without Clinician Burnout

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.4756

October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint addresses ways to transition from payment systems relying on clinician effort to systems that achieve more accurate payment without additional clinical effort to avoid potential clinician burnout.

Corresponding Author: Sara Debab, BS, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 500, Washington, DC 20004 (sara.debab@duke.edu).

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