Small patient pools and personalization create unique VBC obstacles.
Value-based care aggregators face two key challenges. First is the issue of small numbers. Self-insured companies can’t offer a large patient pool, only their own employees. VBC providers willing to risk fees with 66 million Medicare patients may see their approaches work on average, but with only 100 employees, those averages might not hold. Second is personalizing healthcare. While treatment is standardized, behavioral changes are unique to each individual. Weight loss alone has over 77,000 books, showing no one-size-fits-all solution exists.
— Changing Healthcare - A Platform Approach Using Data & AI · Forbes