PThD2 - Supporting Value-Based Payment Infrastructure among Community Health Centers

Session Description: This session will provide easily digestible information on the most critical services and supports (infrastructure) that community health centers (CHCs) need to assess value-based payment opportunities (VBP), select appropriate collaborators, and succeed under VBP; this session will also touch on key state and federal policies to foster this type of infrastructure. The presentation builds upon a comprehensive multi-year project undertaken by Decipher Health Strategies and funded by the Commonwealth Fund and Arnold Ventures and will coincide with the release of an issue brief with an infrastructure framework and related recommendations tailored for health centers. To prepare this consensus-driven framework, authors (represented in the panel) interviewed 50+ experts nationally from health centers, policymakers, vendors, primary care associations, health center controlled networks, and others. While there is much information available on value-based payment itself, this session will shine a light on a less discussed topic: the services and supports (e.g. data, analytics, training, staff composition) that underlie the most successful vbp arrangements. Additionally, the issue brief seeks to provide health centers with additional information to determine whether to build or buy vbp services and supports and to assess the suitability of prospective partners, vs. relying on external third parties to guide such investment decisions.