Behavioral Health Business March 15, 2024
Laura Lovett

Despite years of discourse surrounding value-based care and behavioral health, payers remain fixated on access as the primary concern.

Meanwhile, outcomes data and measurement-based care, which have dominated the value-based conversation over the past few years, will likely be important to contracting in a few years.

“By bringing access [to members], you bring value,” Dr. Nick Dewan, vice president of behavioral health at GuideWell and Florida Blue, said during the Behavioral Health Business VALUE conference. “I think once we do that, then we can go on to measuring results… cost and outcomes.”

Guidewell is the parent company of Florida Blue, a health plan that covers more than 5.9 million Floridians and has $30 billion in annual revenue.

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Topics: Conferences / Podcast, Insurance, Mental Health, Payer, Payment Models, Provider, Trends, Value Based
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