The Future Is Now

Martha Temple, Senior Vice President and head of Behavioral Health Services at Optum, gave me a lot to think about last month at The 2017 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat. During her keynote presentation, The Future Of Health Plan/Provider Organization Business Relationships, she noted that when it comes to the future of health plan and provider organization relationships, “We’re already here. The future is now.”

Bundled payments are the “go to” model

In their restructuring of relationships with their provider partners, Ms. Temple talked about bundled payments as Optum’s preferred future reimbursement model. She said we’re . . .