HealthLeaders Media January 4, 2018
It could be tempting to think that your investment efforts in value-based contracting are wasted. But not so, says a former population health executive.
The future of value-based care has gotten a bit murkier in recent months. After hospitals and health systems have made substantial investments in technology, staff, physician practices, and spent considerable time and effort changing workflows and even the basics of their business model to adapt to value-based principles, they’re left to wonder whether it all was wasted in the face of the proposed cancellation of mandatory Medicare bundled payment programs and growing MACRA participation exemptions.
But despite the chaos, it’s worth recalibrating the changes you’ve made as an organization to adapt to the new reality, rather...