Managing Health Care Costs and Chronic Disease With Value-Based Care

The cost of chronic disease continues to rise, and employers feel that strain. Value-based approaches to care delivery can improve the health of your employees — and those with chronic conditions in particular — while controlling your health care costs.

Prevention and chronic care management are key to lowering costs for patients with chronic conditions. Preventive care, such as cancer screenings, helps doctors catch problems before they become chronic conditions. Employees in value-based health plans are more likely to receive preventive care, more likely to take their medication as directed and more likely to accurately follow a care plan than patients in fee-for-service plans.