Original Air Date: 12/9/2021
Employers and their employees represent a significant portion of healthcare spending, which includes costs resulting from inefficiencies in the healthcare system. These inefficiencies not only drive costs, but create a less-than-ideal experience for plan members. However, some innovative employers are implementing value-based payment models as part of their benefit design to influence utilization, prices, and spending.
Industry experts discuss:
- How and why today’s provider payment models are driving inefficiencies, higher costs, and low-value care
- The basics of various employer value-based payment models, and how some innovative employers are using them today to lower spend up to 10% or more
- How an employer-sponsored health plan’s benefit designs interacts (and is complemented by) value-based payment models
- Tips and considerations on how to integrate value-based payment models into your current benefit design