What you'll learn:
- Define value in healthcare as the balance of quality and cost
- Understand the core principles of value-based care delivery and payment models
- Apply Porter’s six elements of VBHC to real-world situations
- Differentiate between fee-for-service, bundles, and integrated care models
- Explore global case studies from New York, Sweden, and India for practical lessons
- Understand value-based insurance design and pricing strategies
- Recognize key success factors and risk considerations in VBHC adoption
- Test and reinforce knowledge with quizzes, a practice exam, and supplemental resources
- value-based healthcare
- value-based health care
- VBHC
- value-based payment
- value-based insurance design
- value-based pricing
- healthcare
- insurance
- healthcare management
- healthcare quality
- healthcare cost
- integrated care delivery systems
- healthcare bundles
- optimized primary care
- risk
Healthcare is undergoing a seismic shift. Gone are the days when success was measured only by volume of services. Today, Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) is rapidly becoming the dominant model—tying reimbursement to results, prioritizing outcomes that matter to patients, and emphasizing sustainability across health systems.
But if you’re new to VBHC, the landscape can feel overwhelming. That’s why we created this comprehensive, two-hour introductory course: a fast-paced yet practical guide to help you understand the core concepts, strategies, and tools driving this transformation.
In this course, you’ll learn:
What value really means in healthcare, and how it connects quality and cost.
The fundamentals of value-based delivery and payment models, including bundles, integrated care, and optimized primary care.
Global perspectives on VBHC, with real-world case studies from New York City, Sweden, and India.
The essentials of value-based insurance design and pricing, and why they matter for patients and payors alike.
To make your learning stick, the course includes 14 review quizzes, a final practice test, a resource guide, a glossary of key terms, and take-away tools. Plus, our instructors and advisors are here to support your learning journey and help you apply these insights directly to your role.
If you’re a clinician, administrator, policy maker, or simply curious about the business of healthcare, this course will give you the confidence to engage with VBHC. Invest your time now—and invest in the future of healthcare.
