Experts from Optum, WellMed, and Reliant discuss strategies for bringing value-based payment into specialty care through the use of education and analytics.
In the latest Matters in Managed Care webinar, experts discussed how to improve outcomes and eliminate low-value care. They defined actions and practices that constitute wasted and harmful care, described how to rapidly translate high-quality evidence-based medicine into daily practice, recognized how to leverage technology, and more.
Ken Cohen, MD, FACP, senior medical director and executive director, clinical research national senior medicaldirector, Optum Care, moderated the panel with:
In segment 5, they discussed the importance of connectivity in value-based care.
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