Radio Advisory

250: VBC success is possible. Here's how Advocate Health does it.


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Believe it or not, 60% of healthcare payments in the US are tied to value. But it’s still surprisingly hard to find examples of health systems that have been doing VBC at scale, successfully, over time. So that’s what Advisory Board researchers set out to do. And across 66 conversations with 44 systems, we found four systems with approaches worth emulating. This week, we’re unpacking the approach at one of those systems: Advocate Health.

Host Abby Burns sits down with Don Calcagno, Chief Population Health Officer and President of Advocate’s largest clinically integrated network, Advocate Physician Partners. Don lays out how putting operations at the center has led Advocate to become one of the top-performing systems in Medicare risk models, generate millions of dollars in savings, and, most importantly, improve quality of care. Not to mention, juggle over 100 VBC contracts across 13 accountable care organizations and clinically integrated networks, and carry $1 billion in capitated risk.

Links:

  • Read the case study: Inside Advocate Health’s VBC approach that saved $136M
  • VBC self-assessment: Find out where your organization stands
  • 2025 Advisory Board Summit- Carlsbad, CA - join us for the full event, and check out our session featuring another VBC case study
  • Registration is live for our VBC Roundtable in October: HOME - How to deliver the next era of VBC
  • Ep. 243: What’s now and what’s next in value-based care
  • How UNC Health made VBC sustainable in an academic health system
  • Optum Advisory can help you create a VBC strategy for growth and profitability. Connect with an expert.
  • How to succeed in VBC — according to Optum experts
  • VBC success is possible. Here’s how.

    A transcript of this episode as well as more information and resources can be found on RadioAdvisory.advisory.com.

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