Advancing Care Series: Does the Math Work for Value-Based Maternity Care?

The fifth installment of Wildflower’s Advancing Care video series features Sara Teppema, Chief Actuary with Wildflower Health, and Jeff Hogan, President of Upside Health Advisors. In this video, Sara and Jeff discuss how to ensure the math works for value-based maternity care, including incorporating both mom and baby in bundle design, as well as accounting for total cost of care, in the value-based model.

“We have a real opportunity to reduce costs and improve care with value-based maternity models. Does the math work? Absolutely, unequivocally, it does, if the model is designed properly. Maternity is a high volume service, with a great amount of variability. There is huge potential in this area.”

Watch the full video below