
Managing Financial Risk Through a Value-Based Clinical Care Delivery System
- February 2, 2019
In days past, hospitals, healthcare systems, and their medical staffs could afford to exist in separate but parallel tracks, intersecting only when necessary to deliver clinical care. As value-based reimbursements, especially those involving both upside and downside risk, become more the norm and providers realize that, like it or not, risk is being shifted onto them, they will need to learn how to manage risk more effectively. In today’s healthcare industry, providers of all types face the overarching challenge of improving value (quality per unit of cost) for the consumer of healthcare services, an integrated approach is not only preferred but necessary for success.