Guiding Principles

Our Commitment

Engage multiple perspectives to build consensus – including patients, purchasers, providers, and payers – without promoting the interests of one group over another.

Share qualitative and quantitative data (as available and appropriate) to facilitate a shared understanding of the broader impact of value transformation.

Promote an industry-wide call to action on the transition to value to drive outcomes, access, and affordability

Collaboration

Affordability

Growth in total health costs, both public and private, should ideally be at or below the overall rate of GDP growth.

Public-Private Partnerships

All payers—public and private—should use the full extent of their capabilities and authority to drive high-value outcomes

Competition

Meaningful competition should expand and all parties should have the information they need to compete fairly.

Multi-Payer Alignment

Alignment across all payers is critical to streamline targets, quality metrics, and provider incentives across patient populations.

Broad Adoption

Broad-scale adoption of value-based models among providers and payers is critical to achieve a truly person-centered system.

Data Sharing

Valid, timely and consistent data sharing is foundational to value-based care and population health outcomes

Elements of Successful Systems

Incentivize payers and providers to be accountable for total cost, quality, and patient outcomes and experience, while providing adequate support to facilitate success.

Offer person-centered, coordinated care models with robust primary care capabilities at the core, to drive comprehensive population health and strengthen the safety net.

Promote transparency of quality and cost metrics that patients and consumers can easily access and understand.

Balance financial incentives over time to ensure consistent growth in value-based care, while ensuring sustainability for long-term participants.

Support individual and caregiver engagement from the point of care to systemic redesign of care delivery, including design and governance.

Share savings achieved through alternate payment models among people, payers, purchasers, and providers to ensure adequate investment in new care models.