Fierce Healthcare February 2, 2024
When Florida Blue announced this week that it’s partnering with Sanitas Medical Center in Jacksonville to deliver primary care, officials with the company considered it in keeping with a healthcare system that’s evolving from one based on volume to one based on value.
“The healthcare system has largely been fee-for-service,” Elana Schrader, M.D., senior vice president of Florida Blue healthcare services and president of sister company GuideWell Health, told Fierce Healthcare. “Now, we’re talking about paying for services that help us achieve better outcomes. It’s a whole new value equation. Value-based care has been around, but it’s growing and growing.”
She added that in the future the health plan hopes that most, if not all, of the care provided will...
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