How Covid-19 will impact value-based care

The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a lively debate about the future of value-based care. Some experts are predicting an acceleration in uptake of risk-based payment models, particularly capitated models. But ACOs are sounding the alarm about their future prospects, and Medicare has been forced to slow both its implementation of existing programs as well as the rollout of new value-based care models. This piece summarizes Advisory Board’s take on what the pandemic will mean for the future of this landscape.