Jeff Patton, MD, chief executive officer of Tennessee Oncology, weighs in on Oncology Care Model (OCM) performance period 4 results and taking on 2-sided risk.
Jeff Patton, MD, chief executive officer of Tennessee Oncology, weighs in on Oncology Care Model (OCM) performance period 4 results and taking on 2-sided risk.
Transcript
With OCM performance period 4 results now out, how did the results compare with the last 2 performance periods?
So, very similar. Every period we’ve generated savings against the target but every period we’ve not gotten a performance payment. The good news is as it applies to 2-sided risk, that means we would not have had any recruitment, so I think most likely we’re going to go and do 2-sided risk.
What are your thoughts on taking on 2-sided risk?
Risk is risk, so it makes everybody nervous, but with 4 consecutive performance periods where we’re in what we call the safe zone, we have a comfort level. We are investigating stop loss or reinsurance and I’ll have a lot more confidence if I have an insured downside.
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