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"I think in a value-based context, provider consolidation, as long as the providers are aligned, is a good thing for consumers. It provides the scale, it provides more resources, and ultimately, provides the ability to lower cost for payers, because as you get bigger so does your ability to drive down your medical-loss ratio, to do the multitude of things that are necessary to help patients take control of their own health care, [and to implement] the data and information systems that are necessary for that."

- John Woolley, CEO of the Hatfield Medical Group, Phoenix, AZ.

Change Healthcare's 2020 Industry Pulse Report finds that 62% of payers say their organizations are using alternative payment models, compared to 43% of providers. 9% of payers say they are using full capitation compared to 2% of providers. Also, 25% of payers say IT Infrastructure is a key barrier to implementing value-based care, versus only 8% of providers.

Source: Change Healthcare, February 2020.

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Toward Value-Based Care: What Will it Take to Transform Health Systems?

This event focuses on how countries can adopt value-based care—which combines best practices in measurement, delivery, and payment to align incentives of patients, payers, and providers. Panelists reflect on the feasibility of value-based care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), share innovative models from the public and private sectors, and highlight important opportunities to experiment and build the evidence base. This conversation follows the launch of a landscape report on the potential of value-based care in LMICs called Leapfrog to Value.

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