Why paying providers for achieving health outcomes is the beauty of population health

Major insurers are increasingly tying health care reimbursement to patient outcomes, provider performance and overall patient satisfaction — an approach to financing that is foundational to population health. 

“The beauty of population health is, you get paid for achieving health outcomes, so (patients) get good value for the care received, and everybody benefits,” says TriHealth’s COO Terri Hanlon-Bremer in this episode of Getting Health Care Right. 

In this podcast, Hanlon-Bremer and Dr. Helen Koselka, TriHealth’s chief medical officer, break down population health financing for Cincinnati Business Courier President and Publisher Jamie Smith. Listen to learn more about: 

·      How TriHealth’s managed care contracts are organized and developed.

·      Physicians’ perception of this method of compensation and care delivery.

·      How many of TriHealth’s patients are in a value-based contract arrangement.

·      Innovative payer relationships that help providers “get off the fee-for-service hamster wheel.”

·      Areas of the population health model that can give some physicians pause — and what Koselka and Hanlon-Bremer say is the key to strengthening leadership understanding. 

Learn more at TriHealth.com.