The Ariadne Labs Primary Health Care Program is partnering with payers and policymakers to study and accelerate the uptake of innovative payment models that incentivize health promotion, prevention, and comprehensive care provision by interdisciplinary teams. Through this work, we are helping align the provision of high-quality PHC with financial incentives.
PROJECTS
Scaling Value-Based Payment Models
Ariadne’s partnership with Blue Shield of California (BSC) explores how to leverage value-based payment models to improve the quality and delivery of primary health care within the U.S. Ariadne and BSC are currently collaborating to support uptake of BSC’s hybrid, value-based payment model among California providers, with an ultimate goal of national spread. This work includes an exploratory analysis of the impact of BSC’s severity index, which adjusts provider payments based on a patient’s risk factors, on total costs of care to understand linkages between adjusted PHC spending, patient needs and outcomes, and overall spend. Ariadne Labs is leveraging its design and implementation expertise to recommend updates to the risk adjustment tool to reduce administrative burden and increase acceptability and utility amongst providers.