Paddling Four Canoes To Steer Through The Crisis

So much discussion of canoes these days—and I love water analogies. Until 12 weeks ago, executives of specialty provider organizations had to balance “two canoes”—operating in a fee-for-service (FFS) or cost-based environment, with operating in a wide array of emerging performance-based and value-based reimbursement (VBR) models. But with the pandemic crisis, another layer of complexity has been added—surviving through the crisis while developing a sustainable (and innovative) post-crisis recovery strategy. This is a situation more akin to controlling four canoes.

A common question from executive teams is whether to temporarily shelve . . .