PR Newswire May 21, 2018
Provider demand for consultants with value-based care expertise , physician engagement, analytics & culture change advisory climbs sharply.
Despite the decade-long movement away from physician-led practices to hospital employment, Black Book’s 2018 value-based care study noted a recent shift in that trend. Physicians working for a hospital or in a practice with some ownership climbed in 2016 to 32.6%. But after a six year upswing, independent and physician-led group practices began to rally back up to 72.0% in 2017.
Population health and value-based care models are driving more coordinated, integrated and consumer-centric physician organizations,” said Doug Brown, Founder of Black Book Research. “Physicians not affiliated with hospitals are recognizing there are long-term savings if they assume risk and manage population...