306: VBC in 2026: What’s now and what’s next?

Value-based care is entering its accountability era. Participation in value-based arrangements continues to grow, even as financial pressures weigh down on both providers and payers. But CMMI is setting a clear tone about what it expects from stakeholders moving forward: results.

Host Abby Burns sits down with Advisory Board experts Clare Wirth, Payton Grimes, and Rhea Jain to explore what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in value-based care. From Medicare Advantage turbulence to the push for specialist engagement and greater downside risk, the group breaks down what leaders need to know about how the value-based care landscape is evolving.

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• Expert Insight | VBC in 2026: What was, what’s now, and what’s next
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• Case Study | HOPCo’s total cost of care approach to VBC in MSK care
• Case Study referenced | How Optum Health defines and upholds value in specialty care
• Episode | Ep. 243: What’s now and what’s next in value-based care
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• Roundtable | HOME - Advisory Board VBC Roundtable: How to deliver the next era of VBC

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