In the first part of our series, we talked about the barriers to commercial risk. But, there are also many reasons that it is an opportunity worth pursuing.
An overnight shift to commercial value-based care isn’t going to happen. But there are clear opportunities worth pursuing.
The question of commercial risk also has larger implications for how the lines of business intersect or diverge. Medicare and Medicaid are headed to risk. Progress is slow, but at this point, probably committed enough to keep going. Commercial is still more of an open question.