More providers are opting to use risk-based Medicare Advantage models, with nearly 60 percent of health systems now preferring them, according to an analysis from Guidehouse.
Since June 2019, 14 percent more providers prefer risk-based Medicare Advantage agreements, according to a survey of over 100 CFOs.
Risk-based strategies are also broadening, the survey found. Fifty-two percent of providers have employer-based risk contracts, followed by alternative payment Medicaid models (49 percent), managed Medicaid (36 percent) and direct-to-employer (33 percent) models.
The survey also found that half of providers ranked payer relationships as their top external challenge, and 52 percent found vertically integrated plans as the most threatening market disruptor.