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Inside Advocate Health's VBC approach that saved $13M

See how Advocate Health's operations-driven approach to value-based care (VBC) and commitment to measurable goals achieved significant savings and improved population health outcomes.

How Bellin Health's VBC strategy saved employers $6.4M

Discover how Bellin Health's direct-to-employer value-based care (VBC) strategy reduced employee medical spending by 11% and saved their employer partners millions.

How Ochsner Health grounded its VBC success in a culture of innovation

Learn how Ochsner Health's commitment to innovation propelled them to become a value-based care (VBC) powerhouse with $264 million in value-based revenue and a 27% increase in covered lives in three years.

How UNC Health made VBC sustainable in an academic health system

Learn how University of North Carolina (UNC) Health achieved executive alignment on VBC, made VBC financial performance visible across business units, and more in an academic health system.

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Value-based care cheat sheets

Review these cheat sheets to understand the basics of VBC and learn about behavioral health, care management, patient engagement, social determinants of health, team-based care, commercial risk, Medicare Advantage, and value-based payment models.

VBC basics: Understand the 5 key players in value-based care

Read this report to understand the key players in the VBC ecosystem and their motivations, discover how payers, providers, purchasers, patients, and industry partners interact in this ecosystem, and learn how each drives the success of value-based payment arrangements.

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The evolution (and future) of value-based care

Download these ready-to-use slides for insight into what VBC is, how it has changed, and what hurdles remain.

6 mistakes you'll make with VBC (and how to avoid them)

Your transition to risk-based models is a marathon, not a sprint. Use the insights in this blog post to ground your VBC strategy and ensure you don't fall victim to common mistakes.

ICHRAs are gaining attention as an employer-sponsored health benefit option. Learn about ICHRAs and their potential impact on employers, health plans, providers, and healthcare vendors.

Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs)

Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are feeling the squeeze from tighter benchmark payment rates and increased utilization, causing friction with providers. Learn why some health systems are reevaluating their contracts with certain plans, resulting in increasingly fragmented plan-provider relationships.

The plan-provider tensions driving Medicare Advantage ‘breakups’

Employer benefits costs are skyrocketing. Coupled with new fiduciary accountability now unfolding in the courts, employers are forced to reconsider their cost containment strategies. Most are choosing to focus on managed navigation, but a few go even further and attempt the arduous work of excluding high-price providers from their networks.

How employers are combating the ‘new normal’ for benefits costs with unconventional measures

Learn how health plans can improve their collaborations with community-based organizations (CBOs) through focused portfolio development, strategic contracting, and enhanced support mechanisms.

3 ways health plans can strengthen partnerships with CBOs

ICHRAs are gaining attention as an employer-sponsored health benefit option. Learn about ICHRAs and their potential impact on employers, health plans, providers, and healthcare vendors.

Individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs)

How employers are combating the ‘new normal’ for benefits costs with unconventional measures

Learn how health plans can improve their collaborations with community-based organizations (CBOs) through focused portfolio development, strategic contracting, and enhanced support mechanisms.

3 ways health plans can strengthen partnerships with CBOs

The plan-provider tensions driving Medicare Advantage ‘breakups’

Innovation in drug development is making extraordinary (but high-cost) therapies available. To build foundations for affordable patient access, purchasers are trying aggressive cost management strategies that upend drug business norms, from Medicare’s inaugural year of price negotiation to health plans’ restructuring of PBM contracts.

How purchasers are tackling the affordability crisis of high-cost drugs

Learn how University of North Carolina (UNC) Health achieved executive alignment on VBC, made VBC financial performance visible across business units, and more in an academic health system.

How UNC Health made VBC sustainable in an academic health system

Discover how Bellin Health's direct-to-employer value-based care (VBC) strategy reduced employee medical spending by 11% and saved their employer partners millions.

How Bellin Health’s VBC strategy saved employers $6.4M

How Ochsner Health grounded its VBC success in a culture of innovation

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How to succeed as a physician leader in 2025 and beyond

Join Advisory Board on June 17 as we bring together physician leaders to address the most pressing issues in healthcare today. We’ll explore the latest trends, share best practices, and provide actionable insights to help you navigate the complexities of modern healthcare.

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2025 Advisory Board Summit series

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Quick reads

In 2024, we spoke with hundreds of healthcare leaders about value-based care (VBC). Learn about the six key shifts happening now — and what we're predicting for VBC this year.

VBC in 2025: What's now and what's next

With public insurance spending on the rise, federal regulators are deploying well-known cost-control tactics, such as rate cuts and value-based payment models. While physicians bear the brunt of rate cuts today, the entire industry must learn to adapt to an enduring hybrid payment environment.

How federal cost control tactics promote an enduring hybrid payment environment

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The obstacles between health systems and VBC success

Value-based care (VBC) can be a daunting endeavor for health systems, but understanding the challenges is the first step towards success for all stakeholders involved. Dive into this infographic, compiled from 60+ interviews with provider executives, to learn about the key challenges to VBC implementation and get strategies for overcoming them.