Behavioral Health Business March 25, 2024
Value-based contracts that involve autism therapy providers taking on risk can be “wildly beneficial.” The contracting process, however, has its challenges.
To ease the complicated process, payers may benefit from creating a value-based “skeleton,” or framework for value-based agreements with payers. Industry insiders stress the importance of providers approaching value-based negotiations with a collaborative mindset.
Although these tactics may aid conversations between providers and payers, the industry still needs to agree on a universal approach to progress measurements, which are required to determine value-based reimbursement rates.
While many providers currently use similar approaches to measurement, there is no universal language of measurement. However, such standardization may not be necessary for progress toward a more value-based autism therapy industry.
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