Healthcare
Advancing Value-Based Care IRL: Highlights from HLTH Day 2
Healthcare leaders are finding practical momentum in shifting away from fee-for-service models toward outcomes that matter most to patients
Key takeaways
Major healthcare systems like DaVita, Biogen, Maven, and Geisinger are making measurable progress in adopting value-based care models.
Oral health is an underinvested area with direct links to overall healthcare outcomes, with innovations like tooth-embedded dietary monitoring emerging.
Transitioning to value-based care requires patient education and clearer sharing of responsibility among healthcare stakeholders.
Elevating humanity was main theme at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas this past October, and advancing value-based care took the spotlight on day 2. This topic emerged as a platform for profound healthcare discussions, highlighting the significance of transitioning to value-based care, aimed at enhancing patient outcomes while curbing costs. On the Highway to Health podcast, host David Kemp and guest Geoffrey Roche, co-host of the Holistic Leadership podcast, delved into their takeaways from the event's second day.
Their discourse revealed the ongoing efforts by healthcare giants like DaVita, Biogen, Maven, and Geisinger in advancing value-based care models. They discussed the surprising extent of patient reach and financial attribution to these models across these organizations, indicating a shift in the healthcare delivery paradigm.
They discussed the surprising extent of patient reach and financial attribution to these models across these organizations, indicating a shift in the healthcare delivery paradigm.
A focal point was the potential role of oral health in advancing value-based care. They touched on innovative strides like a tooth-embedded technology for monitoring dietary acidity, emphasizing the underinvestment in oral health despite its crucial link to overall healthcare outcomes.
The discussion also broached the challenges in transitioning to value-based care, including patient education and the complex sharing of responsibility among healthcare stakeholders. Through such dialogues at HLTH, the journey towards a more patient-centric and value-driven healthcare model continues to gain momentum and clarity.
About the author
With experience in coaching college basketball, supporting large healthcare systems through ICD-10, to now leading the healthcare vertical at MarketScale, David enjoys the journey. Craving knowledge is one of David's core values, and he has the opportunity to learn from some of the best as host of the Highway to Health podcast series.
