News Report | April 14, 2019
25% Of Health Care Provider Organizations Ready To Take On Risk-Based Contracts
A quarter of more than 500 health care executives responding to a survey said their organizations are either completely (4%) or very (21%) prepared for risk-based population management contracts. The majority (64%) said their organizations were somewhat (26%) or moderately (38%) prepared. About 1% said their organizations were not at all prepared, 4% said their organizations were very unprepared, and 6% said their organizations were somewhat unprepared.
About three-quarters of the organizations have at least one payer agreement that includes upside gain and/or downside risk. However, for 66% of the organizations in a risk-based agreement, less . . .