From AI To Value-Based Care: Success Depends On Execution

September 18, 2025Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCommercial Contracts, Payers

This is part of our continuing coverage of the 2025 Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit. We previously wrote about how the industry can restore trust, and how leaders can reshape policy, payment models, and care delivery. During the final day of the 2025 Health Innovation Summit, Thomas Osborne, M.D., shared an all-too-familiar story about the fragility of…

A Trio of Value Based Care Surveys Indicate Technology Opportunities to Address Administrative Challenges

November 10, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Commentsadministration, CMS, CMS APMs, Commercial Contracts, DEC, Direct Employer Contracted, healthcare administration, healthcare technology, managed Medicaid, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, surveys, technology, value-based care, vbc

The Guidehouse Center for Health Insights has just released analysis of an executive survey in conjunction with HFMA, the 2021 Risk-Based Healthcare Market Trends, that found health systems appear to be going big into risk sharing in 2022, with these percentages of respondents planning to advance into upside/downside risk sharing, professional capitation or global capitation for:…

The Next Wave of Value Generation in Commercial ACOs

August 8, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCommercial Contracts, Payers

Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been a hot topic in the industry since the first ACO appeared on the scene in 2010, expanding from their roots in Medicare to the commercial space, and now frequently serving as a vehicle to align employers, health plans, and providers. According to an Oliver Wyman survey, ACOs in 2015…

Using a Commercial Shared Savings Program to Reduce Care Costs

July 23, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsCommercial Contracts, HEDIS, pay for performance, vbc

A commercial shared savings program equipped with the right leadership, clinical insights, and comprehensive care strategies can help payers save significantly on healthcare costs and produce exceptional beneficiary outcomes. In order to achieve these results, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) has developed a shared savings program with ACO Partner, a Change Healthcare company….

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