BCBSA CFO Speaks to Conference Attendees About Transforming the Payer-Provider Relationship

Robert Kolodgy, senior vice president, finance, and CFO for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), spoke in front of a large crowd on June 17 at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) annual’s conference in Orlando, Fla., highlighting promising models of payer-provider collaboration and describing how business models will need to evolve on both the payer and provider sides.

One of the fundamental needs in today’s healthcare system is for its two core stakeholder segments—payers and providers—to work together collaboratively. The two sides are sharing goals such as better care coordination, and forming accountable care organizations (ACOs) and bundled-payment contracts, all with the intent of lowering costs and improving care.

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