“Episodes of Care” Models Offer New Perspectives
Managed Healthcare Executive October 23, 2019
Episodes of Care/bundled payments are the models most often used to engage specialists in a value-based strategy, according to industry experts.
Managed Healthcare Executive Editorial Advisor Lili Brillstein, MPH, a nationally recognized thought leader in the advancement of Episodes of Care as a value-based approach for specialty care, recently spoke at the Cleveland Clinic’s 2019 Value-Based Innovation Summit, about her experiences with bundled payments.
Brillstein co-presented “Bundled Payments: Early Experiences and Looking into the Future” with Christina Ritter, PhD, Patient Care Models, CMMI, and Sri Vangal, senior director at Optum.
“The greatest majority of professional spend by health plans is on specialty care, this is a critically important area of focus,” says Brillstein, who is also the CEO of BCollaborative,...