Ready or Not: Assessment of Readiness for Oncology Value-Based Care Program Participation

A pre-requisite for participating in risk-bearing oncology value-based care (VBC) programs like the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM) is that prospective participants comprehensively understand program requirements, risk/reward, and processes that will impact success. It can be challenging for community oncology practices with limited resources to dissect, understand, and implement sustainable VBC program processes if analytics or transformation support is unavailable.

Upon receipt of the EOM program specifications, The US Oncology Network (The Network) Transformation & Quality team created a readiness assessment to evaluate key program requirements and capabilities including...