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Podcast: Trending Health
Episode: Spotlight Trends: Value as the Differentiator
Description: Six years after the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA 2015), Vynamic’s Mindy, Ryan, and Jen discuss where we are today in the transition from Fee-For-Service (FFS) reimbursement to Value-Based Care (VBC). The episode opens with an acknowledgment that VBC is at a crossroads – the transition has been bumpy, VBC models have been “consistently inconsistent” (2:10), and the misalignment of payer and provider compensation models continues to be an ongoing challenge (3:18). The conversation then moves to what is needed for this transition to VBC to be successful; it requires operational overhaul (5:10), robust analytics, appropriate engagement of providers, and health system t...