Payer, Provider, Partner

We're at the stage where the field is moving from talk to action on value-based reimbursement (VBR) and health plan/provider partnerships. While our January survey found only 40% of specialty provider organizations had some type of VBR arrangement in place (see The 2017 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Executive Survey: Where Are We On The Road To Value?), the majority of these were fee-for-service arrangements with performance-based penalties or bonuses. What we're seeing now is a move to more advanced VBR arrangements, such as bundled payments, case rates, and capitation fees.

This change brings . . .