Medicaid programs offer a unique venue for behavioral health providers to push the industry toward greater adoption of value-based care. Often, leaders across the industry note that they see the most receptiveness and make the most progress on payment innovation in their alliances within the realm of Medicaid. Still, there is palpable frustration at the lack of overall progress. This leads to the question of whether or not value-based care is still worth pursuing. Value-based care critics note the vague, overly idealistic and impractically aspirational nature of the overall value conversation and the lack of consensus with payer partners.
Read the full article: ‘It’s Getting Paid for Doing the Right Thing’: Rethinking Value-Based Care in the Behavioral Health-Medicaid Alliance //
Source: https://bhbusiness.com/2025/05/20/its-getting-paid-for-doing-the-right-thing-rethinking-value-based-care-in-the-behavioral-health-medicaid-alliance