Boulder Care & Umpqua Health Alliance Value-Based Payment Arrangement Successful 

Telehealth addiction treatment provider Boulder Care said it met all performance quality measures outlined under its innovative value-based payment arrangement (VBP) with Oregon-based managed Medicaid insurer Umpqua Health Alliance. The 2022 agreement linked reimbursement to a set of outcomes for Umpqua Health Alliance members that obtained addiction treatment from Boulder Care.;

Boulder and Umpqua Health Alliance developed the value-based payment framework for 34,000 Umpqua Health Alliance members, which had a goal of increasing access to timely, evidence-based addiction treatment, and avoiding adverse outcomes. Under the agreement, Boulder agreed to put a portion of its . . .