Becker's Healthcare January 24, 2022
Patsy Newitt

Value-based care and bundled payments have been gaining momentum in the ASC industry as a means to reduce healthcare costs and improve patient care.

Here are nine insights and updates on value-based care and ASCs:

1. Optum, which includes ASC chain Surgical Care Affiliates, sees huge potential in value-based care this year. More than 500,000 new patients will be covered by OptumHealth’s value-based arrangements this year.

2. Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is an ASC company with more than 3,000 affiliated physicians that focuses on value-based surgical offerings. The company recently embarked on a joint venture with Penn State Health, a new part-owner in the Surgery Center of Lancaster (Pa.). In August, the company launched an outpatient bariatric and...

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Topics: ASC, Bundled Payments, Payment Models, Provider, Value Based
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