Ready For Risk? How Would Your Team Answer That Question?

Is your organization ready for a contract with down-side financial risk? Perhaps a bundled rate? A care coordination contract paid on a per-member per month basis? A six-month case rate for residential services?

Only 25% of executives answered “yes” (sort of) to that question in recent survey led by the Jefferson College of Population Health and conducted by Numerof & Associates (see 25% Of Health Care Provider Organizations Ready To Take On Risk-Based Contracts). Only 4% are "completely" ready, and only 21% are "very" ready. What I also found interesting was that 64% claim to be . . .