Christiana Care Health System is joining forces with Highmark Health to launch a tech-driven VBC-focused JV—giving a glimpse into where healthcare is headed

Consumers increasingly say they prefer the option of having both in-person and virtual care visits in their healthcare journey, per Trilliant Health. To add, these kinds of partnerships can merge incentives for health systems and hospitals that are trying to implement value-based care payment structures, and for telehealth vendors that are trying to hold onto consumer volume.

Social determinants of health (SDOH)-focused digital health startup Cityblock Health scored $192 million in Series C funding (shortly after earning unicorn status in December 2020) to expand its community and value-based care model to underserved communities across the US. Startups like Cityblock Health give care teams a way to analyze the healthcare risks and variables of underserved communities.

With up-to-date health data on hand, NYCIG’s provider customers bolstered their care coordination efforts, lowered readmission rates, and increased reimbursement rates under a value-based care (VBC) model, according to Don Woodlock, then vice president of HealthShare at InterSystems, in an April 2019 interview with Healthcare IT News.

“So, I think that advertiser really understands the value that we bring, in terms of being able to introduce new customers and influence a purchase decision. And its attribution rules reflect that priority.”. Pricing Models in Affiliate. Because affiliate is a performance-based channel, CPA continues to be the reigning standard payment model for partner deals.

Spelling out the value of virtual care: The AMA released a framework to measure the value of virtual care—this could help health systems get a clearer idea of the return on their telehealth investments, but they still have patient and provider woes to deal with to reap its full ROI.

Shift to Value-Based Care. The US healthcare industry is moving toward a reimbursement model that pays providers based on the quality of care they deliver rather than the quantity of services they provide.

This annual scorecard, weighted based on responses to a consumer survey, ranks the 25 largest US financial institutions by assets by their mobile banking capabilities. The report presents detailed benchmarking data on the availability of 42 mobile features, selected by analysts based on the features’ propensity to help financial institutions differentiate themselves from competitors.

For the past few decades, the provider market has accounted for a sizable share of healthcare spending in the US: Spending on hospital care, physician services, and clinical services amounted to $1.9 trillion in 2018, the CMS’ most recent figure. A sea change in care delivery is being fueled by the pandemic, a shift in consumer expectations, and a steady transition to value-based care (VBC):.

Sonika Patel, vice president of marketing at Danone, shares how the brand built a value-based community rooted in health and wellness during the pandemic lockdowns, and offers advice for female marketers. Watch Industry Voices, a conversation between Sonika and Marissa Coslov, vice president of business development at Insider Intelligence, in celebration of Women’s History Month.