Which describes a key role of data sharing in value-based payment?

• A. Enabling performance measurement
• B. Increasing patient wait times
• C. Reducing data availability
• D. Creating marketing opportunities

Answer: (A)

In value-based payment, how well care performs is measured to determine rewards or penalties. Data sharing is essential because it provides the timely, accurate information from multiple sources (EHRs, claims, registries, patient-reported outcomes) needed to calculate quality metrics, costs, utilization, and patient experience. With shared data, organizations can benchmark performance, perform risk-adjusted comparisons, and correctly attribute outcomes to the right providers, which makes meaningful performance measurement possible and drives improvement. The other options don’t fit the goal: increasing patient wait times is a negative outcome, reducing data availability undermines measurement, and creating marketing opportunities isn’t the purpose of data sharing in value-based payment.