The Mirage of Value-Based Payments: A Provider’s Perspective
I have always appreciated the Commonwealth Fund who puts out some solid research on primary care. One of their recently published papers caught my attention: “Why Primary Care Practitioners Aren’t Joining Value-Based Payment Models”. They thoughtfully consider several points: The current dominance of fee-for-service (FFS) stifles Value-Based Payment (V
Commercial Advantage: Putting the concept into practice
Yesterday, we officially announced a new collaborative effort with Aetna to introduce our Advanced Primary Health offering in the Seattle Area. You can read our press release as well as some early articles from Fierce Healthcare as well as Puget Sound Business Journal on this announcement. This new effort is an example of Commercial Advantage, […]
The New Shape of Choice
I am speaking at the HLTH conference in Boston today on a panel titled, “The New Shape of Work.” The goal of the session is to reevaluate and rethink the traditional health benefits we see from employers given the major societal shifts of the last 18 months. Employees are demanding more options, more and varied […]
Commercial Advantage: A New Tune in Payment Composition
We have been working with Oliver Wyman to articulate the value proposition for ASOs to become financial sponsor of Commercial Advantage benefit plans. This blog post articulates the evolution of our thinking as well as the opportunity to meet the needs of ASO’s wanting to partner with a national value based medical group accountable for […]
Primary Health is…a “Commercial Advantage” Plan
When employers complain about the ever-rising costs and increasing complexity of providing healthcare for their employees, they seem blind to a proven model that’s right in front of them. During the last several years, there has been an explosion of enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans throughout the country. The Medicare Advantage plan is a type [