A Fresh Keg of Value-Based Care: Optum's 'Low Hours, High Impact' with Mike and Dan (Part I)

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Mike and Dan discuss the shift towards Value-Based Care and the implications of the Optum white paper.

Send us Fan Mail (Part 1 of 2) Grab a seat and pour yourself a cold one! In this episode, Mike and Dan are cracking open the white paper from Optum, titled "Low Hours, High Impact". For years, the "more is better" 40-hour-a-week model has been the industry standard, but the data is starting to tell a different story. We’re diving deep into the science and the shift toward Value-Based Care, exploring how focused, high-quality interventions can sometimes move the needle further than pure volume...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Rubio, Dan Lowery

Topics covered

• Value-Based Care
• healthcare models
• high-quality interventions
• data analysis
• industry standards

Keywords

• Value-Based Care
• Optum
• healthcare
• interventions
• 40-hour model

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Optum

Books & works: Low Hours, High Impact

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