Seventy-two percent of healthcare executives surveyed said their organizations plan to assume more risk in the near future, Managed Healthcare Executive reports.
Managed Healthcare Executive shared takeaways from a Navigant analysis, which was based on a Healthcare Financial Management Association survey of 170 hospital and health system senior finance executives.
Three insights:
1. The executives whose organizations plan to take on more risk are targeting the following areas:
- Commercial payer contracting models (64 percent)
- Medicare value-based models (57 percent)
- Medicare Advantage (51 percent)
2. Twenty-five percent of respondents said their organizations are involved in a provider-sponsored health plan, and 19 percent plan to launch one as part of a risk-assumption strategy.
3. To support payer collaboration and higher risk levels, 62 percent of respondents' organizations plan to invest more in technological capabilities.