Leaders, Laggards Emerge in Population Health Model

New survey shows that while there is widespread agreement that risk-based population health models are here to stay, a growing number of healthcare providers are reluctant to take on the risk.

Many healthcare providers are reluctant to embrace risk-based population health models and are falling further behind the pace setters in this space, a new survey shows.

In their third annual survey, consultants Numerof & Associates queried more than 400 healthcare executives about their status risk-based population health models and found that:

• Progress has fallen short of expectations. In the 2015 survey, 59% of respondents said they would be at least “very prepared” to take on risk in 2017. This year, 21% felt they had achieved that mark.
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