Many ASC companies are securing partnerships to bolster value-based care. In May, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners joined with ValueHealth to bring its value-based surgical care to its practices.
In June, Optum Ventures, CVS Ventures, Anthem and HLM Venture Partners followed Surgery Partners’ lead, investing in CareBridge, a value-based care company for patients receiving home and community-based services.
CareBridge closed a $140 million financing round to begin expanding to more than a dozen states and is now valued at over $1 billion.
As more organizations transition to value-based care, ASCs are in the perfect position to adapt the increasingly popular value-based care model, decreasing costs for payers and patients, while providing more individualized, comprehensive care to their patients.
Below, three healthcare leaders offer their views on the value-based care migration trend:
Liliana Lehmann. President of Axis HealthCare Partners (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.): Health systems and national ASC management acquisition of existing ASCs will occur at a faster rate to meet value-based reimbursement requirements and a lower-cost delivery system.
Andy Poole. Manager of ASC business solutions at ECRI (Crozet, Va.): There will be a greater shift for centers to enter into value-based contracting as payers will want to have demonstrated outcomes as well as lower costs.
Tina DiMarino, DNP, RN. Administrator of Mid-Atlantic Surgery Pavilion (Aberdeen, Md.): ASCs continue to grow year after year as more cases are migrated to the setting. ASCs have an important role in the shift to a value-based model of healthcare. ASCs also provide positive outcomes for the patient for a more reasonable cost. As healthcare consumers, physicians understand that patients have choices for where they would like to receive their care. ASCs tend to cater to the patient by providing a safe and friendly environment that is truly patient-centric.
