MedCity News October 16, 2024
This new approach is helping payors and providers unlock new value from their VBC initiatives while offering more effective and condition-specific treatment for patients.
Ninety million people are forecasted to be treated in value-based care (VBC) models by 2027, an increase of nearly 110% compared to just two years ago.
This steep increase is largely due to the proliferation of value-based primary care models participating in delegated risk transfer. However, changes to the health plan landscape – including recent policy changes to Medicare Advantage such as risk-adjustment methodologies, STAR ratings, and rate headwinds – have forced payors and providers to look beyond value-based primary care models to drive incremental value.
The good news? Specialty VBC has emerged as...