Will Value-Based Payment Happen & Will It Work (For Us)?

Will value-based reimbursement really happen? And, if it does, will it be sustainable for our organization? This was the “big theme” in my many discussions with executives at this year's 2016 OPEN MINDS Performance Management Institute.

The question of whether value-based reimbursement “will really happen” is in the context of provider organization executives who say they are “prepared” but can’t get health plans to pull the trigger on their new and innovative program ideas. That is in contrast to my many conversations with health plan executives who are planning to move ahead with value-based reimbursement . . .