Business Solutions: Humana's Dr. Alex Ding on Advancing Value-Based Care

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In this episode of the MGMA Business Solutions podcast, Dr. Alex Ding, Associate Vice President of Physician Strategy and Medical Affairs at Humana, discusses the progress and evolution of value-based care in healthcare. Dr. Ding shares key findings from Humana's 2023 Value-Based Care Report, highlighting the successes, challenges, and strategies for implementing value-based care arrangements. The conversation explores the impact of value-based care on healthcare quality, patient experience, and cost reduction, as well as the potential for further expansion and evolution of these models in various healthcare sectors. Dr. Ding also provides advice for providers interested in transitioning to a value-based care approach.

Takeaways:

• Value-based care has shown significant progress over the past decade, leading to improvements in healthcare quality, patient experience, and cost reduction.
• 70% of Humana's Medicare Advantage members are now under value-based care arrangements.
• Value-based care models promote a preventative and holistic approach to patient care, resulting in deeper engagement, stronger relationships with physicians, and more personalized care.
• Opportunities exist to expand value-based care arrangements to more providers and healthcare sectors, including specialty care and home health.
• Challenges to wider adoption of value-based care include the need to balance fee-for-service and value-based care incentives and the complexity of the transition process.
• Organizations like Humana can support the shift to value-based care through research, education, advocacy, and direct partnerships with practices.

Resources:

• Humana.com/VBC
• Coursera Course (with certification option) on VBC

Music:
"Slow Burn" by Kevin MacLeod, courtesy of Free Music Archive, CC BY-NC-SA

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