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\u201cSome providers don\u2019t know where to start; people need help,\u201d said Tamara StClaire, chief innovation officer of commercial healthcare at Xerox Healthcare, during HDM\u2019s Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT conference last week in Boston.

Not only is there much not known about value-based care, but the transition is difficult, said Terri Steinberg, MD, chief health information officer and vice president of population health informatics for Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, an accountable care pioneer. \u201cThe long and short of it is that it\u2019s the hardest thing we\u2019ve ever done.\u201d

Healthcare organizations are risk-adverse, and the idea of changing payment models is scary, she added. Chief financial officers don\u2019t like the risk involved in value-based payment. Nonetheless, an organization has to \u201caggressively pursue risk,\u201d Steinberg said. \u201cWe have cannibalized our revenue stream, but are partnering with payers to come up with terms that keep both of us whole.\u201d

Katherine Schneider, president and CEO at Delaware Valley ACO, said she does not see how a small provider can survive without being tied to another organization. The problem is that hospitals don\u2019t want to employ all the doctors; they can\u2019t afford it. Steinberg quickly agreed: \u201cI spent 16 years in private practice and would not want to do it today; it\u2019s simply impossible.\u201d

While many health information exchanges across the nation have struggled, they remain important, as does the data that they hold because data exchange drives transformation, Schneider noted. The richest resource in Delaware for providers is the Delaware Health Information Network, which is among the most viable of HIEs, Steinberg said.

Still, the lack of quick access to current data continues to hurt providers, she said, adding that, \u201cthe notion of data transparency drives every part of value-based care.\"","saveContent":"Uptake of value-based care contracts has been relatively low, even if most healthcare provider organizations know that it represents the future. The reason is simple\u2014uncertainty.

\u201cSome providers don\u2019t know where to start; people need help,\u201d said Tamara StClaire, chief innovation officer of commercial healthcare at Xerox Healthcare, during HDM\u2019s Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT conference last week in Boston.

Not only is there much not known about value-based care, but the transition is difficult, said Terri Steinberg, MD, chief health information officer and vice president of population health informatics for Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, an accountable care pioneer. \u201cThe long and short of it is that it\u2019s the hardest thing we\u2019ve ever done.\u201d

Healthcare organizations are risk-adverse, and the idea of changing payment models is scary, she added. Chief financial officers don\u2019t like the risk involved in value-based payment. Nonetheless, an organization has to \u201caggressively pursue risk,\u201d Steinberg said. \u201cWe have cannibalized our revenue stream, but are partnering with payers to come up with terms that keep both of us whole.\u201d

Katherine Schneider, president and CEO at Delaware Valley ACO, said she does not see how a small provider can survive without being tied to another organization. The problem is that hospitals don\u2019t want to employ all the doctors; they can\u2019t afford it. Steinberg quickly agreed: \u201cI spent 16 years in private practice and would not want to do it today; it\u2019s simply impossible.\u201d

While many health information exchanges across the nation have struggled, they remain important, as does the data that they hold because data exchange drives transformation, Schneider noted. The richest resource in Delaware for providers is the Delaware Health Information Network, which is among the most viable of HIEs, Steinberg said.

Still, the lack of quick access to current data continues to hurt providers, she said, adding that, \u201cthe notion of data transparency drives every part of value-based care.\"","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

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