A viable path from fee-for-Service to value-based care for healthcare payors

Healthcare today is burdened with fragmented and often unnecessary care to meet the requirements of a fee-for-service model, that is inefficient at capturing the holistic health picture and vision for a member. It is burdened with risks and administrative bottlenecks. The entrenched policy practices, however, limit the ability of industry leaders to incorporate value-based models.
Healthcare industry is primed for an overhaul, with skyrocketing expenses, and de-personalized care. Traditional fee-for-service model incentivizes quantity over quality.
My white paper posits how a community-driven approach can transform the healthcare industry and improve patient outcomes.
The Philosophy:
Traditional health insurance focuses on individuals, without due consideration paid to the impact of community support on well-being. Strong social relationships can enhance survival rates by 50%, prevent serious illnesses, and promote healthier lifestyles. Imagine leveraging this power within your health plans.
My Approach:
- Community Formation: Establish dedicated digital platforms for health discussions, goal setting, and community interactions. Utilize existing networks to foster engagement and seamless onboarding processes for policyholders.
- Community Health Goals: Implement frameworks for wellness goal setting and create community-wide health challenges. Educate communities with campaigns and expert insights to set and achieve impactful health objectives.
- Tailored Insurance Packages: Use robust data collection and AI to customize insurance offerings based on community health achievements. Offer discounted rates and rewards for meeting health goals, fostering a sense of belonging and loyalty.
- Strategic Marketing: Engage your audience through digital campaigns, local events, and innovative incentives. Highlight success stories and expert insights to build confidence and drive participation.
From Fee-for-Service to Value-Based Care:
Community-based approach to healthcare moves away from the traditional fee-for-service model to a value-based care model. By focusing on community health achievements and proactive engagement, we emphasize outcomes and value over volume, ensuring better health and cost savings. Not only does this approach help a member through development of a sense of belonging and collective purpose, it also greatly reduces the underwriting risks and administrative expenses of the payor organizations.
Challenges:
Managing data privacy, ensuring engagement, integrating systems, allocating resources, customizing plans, addressing diversity, and handling implementation costs are key hurdles to overcome. Addressing these challenges requires a long-term vision and strategic investments. Only through acknowledgement of these hurdles and developing targeted strategies to overcome them, healthcare organizations can successfully implement a community-based healthcare model, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes and greater value for all stakeholders.
Call to Action:
Ready to explore this approach in further detail? Download my white paper now and unlock the secrets to a healthier, more connected community. Don’t miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of healthcare transformation.
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I am not alone in thinking this is the way to revolutionize and revitalize a challenged healthcare economy. Look at all the resources I have utilized and been inspired by to arrive at this thesis:
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35021021/
- https://www.benefitspro.com/2020/07/20/employers-physicians-and-insurers-all-moving-away-from-fee-for-service-model/
- https://www.cdc.gov/social-connectedness/promoting/index.html
- https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2023/feb/value-based-care-what-it-is-why-its-needed
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5240788/
- https://www.astho.org/globalassets/pdf/community-health-workers-summary-evidence.pdf
- https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-021-10650-x
Join the movement towards a more effective and compassionate healthcare system. Your organization—and your community—will reap the benefits!
I want to hear from you
How do you see the community-driven healthcare model impacting your organization or community? What challenges and opportunities do you foresee? Share your thoughts and experiences with me!
Let’s explore how we can collectively advance towards a more connected and effective healthcare system!




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