The New Directions VBR Model

The health and human service field is well down the path from talking about value-based reimbursement (VBR) and forming meaningful partnerships between health plans and provider organizations to deliver the requisite value in VBR contracts—including moving to more advanced VBR arrangements, such as bundled payments, case rates, and capitation fees. If provider organizations expect to be successful in that environment, meeting the challenges posed by health plans is an unavoidable hurdle (see The Value-Based Reimbursement Steeplechase)—the path over those hurdles is forming a strong “partner relationship” with payers.

One such organization is New Directions, which serves . . .