Investing in Population Health

Executive Dialogue

Collaborative approaches to moving to value-based care

Most Medicare spending will be tied to value-based payment arrangements by 2025. Many commercial insurers were pressing for an aggressive shift to risk-based payment, which holds providers accountable for the quality and cost of patient care. Will COVID-19 significantly delay the move to value? Or will the pandemic — which has disrupted volume-dependent, fee-for-service revenue streams — further incentivize hospitals and health systems to take on financial risk for patient populations? During a virtual executive dialogue, hospital leaders discussed these and other questions about the future of value-based care. Top of mind among participants was the importance of building a population health infrastructure and identifying the financial return of population health investments.