Note: This post was first published by Ferris Taylor on LinkedIn.
It could have been the combination of a beautiful day in California’s Wine Country or just the extraordinary and varied perspectives of healthcare executives representing a true cross-section of American healthcare – payers, providers, vendors, purchasers and UnitedAg partners – that elicited deep discussion about value-based relationships and made the jointly sponsored Healthcare Executive Group (HCEG)-UnitedAG Health Innovation Forum such a successful event. But whatever it was, the forum’s theme – Advancing Together – was clearly a spot-on phrase used to describe an informative and inspiring event.
UnitedAG’s hospitality and the diverse cross-section of attendees at UnitedAg’s Annual Meeting and Conference could not have set a more congenial and thought-provoking setting. Led by Kirti Mutatkar, UnitedAg CEO, Mike DeMore, Superior TPA’s Managing Director and Christopher McDonald, UnitedAg’s Director of Underwriting, the Health Innovation Forum kicked off an open dialogue of the critical issues and opportunities facing healthcare in 2017 and beyond.
The Healthcare Industry Pulse
After 30+ participants introduced themselves to each other, Ferris Taylor, HCEG Office of the Chair and Change Healthcare consultants, Chris Link and David Gallegos, presented highlights from the 7th Annual Industry Pulse Research survey. As is commonly said, a picture is worth 1000 words and Eris Weaver, a graphic recorder meeting facilitator captured many key points throughout the fast moving discussions.
Key research insights among the participants were shared on the impacts that clinical and data analytics can have on stakeholder interactions, workflows and especially on population health. The transitions from more traditional risk management (disease and care management) to more 21st century tools and technologies were explored. Measures of success for the transition to value-based relationships were considered, especially those that will best serve consumers, healthcare providers and payers. The Industry Pulse research also highlighted the roles that both cost and quality transparency will play in the future of healthcare.
Alignment of Incentives is Key
As revealed in the excellent graphics created by Eris Weaver as the discussions unfolded, “trust” was a key word arising multiple times. Dr. David DiLoreto, SVP at GE Healthcare and HCEG member, facilitated dialogue on the importance of more detailed innovations that value-based relationships demand. Dr. DiLoreto shared some insight experienced in Scandinavia and Denmark versus here in the U.S.
Population Health & Value-based Care
Dr. Arjun Chanmugam, Vice Chair of Johns Hopkins’ Integration and Health Care Transformation, Dr. David Nace, Chief Medical Officer at HCEG sponsor partner MarkLogic and Dr. Craig Brandman, CEO of StepOne Health, contributed their unique insights about the challenges and secrets of value-based health care.
More on Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
The morning of discussion in Wine Country was just the start of innovative thinking around value-based relationships. Those discussions and more details from the Industry Pulse Research Survey will be shared via a webinar presented by HCEG and Change Healthcare on Wednesday, March 29th at 2:00 PM Eastern.
