Becker's Healthcare April 12, 2024
Rob Allen, president and CEO of Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City, is spending a lot of time thinking about changing payment mechanisms and the flow of care for the value-based environment. The health system has been in value-based arrangements since 2011 and Mr. Allen is now challenging his team to think further upstream to manage populations.
Most value-based care conversations focus on facilitating the payment mechanism, which is important, but Mr. Allen wants to talk more about alignment. When anyone asks him about value-based care, he responds: “What value for whom? What value are we creating and for whom are we creating it?”
“As we answer those questions, I think we truly can create a value model that serves...