The traditional fee-for-service model rewards volume over value. It inflates administrative burden, fuels clinician burnout, and fails to incentivize prevention or outcomes. Now, payers are tightening margins, shifting risk, and linking reimbursement to results—making practice readiness for value-based care more urgent than ever. Do you know if your practice is ready for value-based care?
Independent physician groups face mounting pressure. The question is no longer if you need to shift—but how to do it in a way that protects your people, your margins, and your mission.
At VBCTP, we don’t believe in guesswork. We deliver physician-led, data-driven transformation designed for real-life practice. Our VBC Readiness Evaluation reveals your strongest assets, surfaces hidden risks, and charts a path tailored to your pace.
The VBC Readiness Framework: Five Questions to Ask
Our work begins with a VBC Readiness Evaluation, a comprehensive assessment that shows you:
- Where you're strongest
- Where you're vulnerable
- What early wins can fund long-term transformation
This is your Crawl Phase. From there, we build a personalized strategic implementation plan—whether bundled or à la carte—to guide your Walk and Run phases at your pace.
Question 1. Are your workflows and leadership aligned for change?
Even the best VBC model will fail without operational stability and top-down clarity. If clinical and financial decision-makers aren’t rowing in the same direction—or your staff is overwhelmed and siloed—transformation will stall before it starts.
This question helps you assess whether your current system can support change—or whether burnout, inefficiency, or confusion are quietly eating into your margins.
Don’t just evaluate your systems. Evaluate your capacity to evolve.
Question 2. Can you measure what you manage?
Value-based care is driven by data. If you can’t track utilization, risk scores, quality metrics, or total cost of care in real time, you’re flying blind—and missing opportunities to course correct, capture incentives, or flag red flags before they become revenue leaks.
Many independent practices assume their EMR reports are “good enough,” but shallow data visibility can mask systemic risk. If you’ve never audited the accuracy, accessibility, or actionability of your data systems, you may be underperforming without realizing it.
The better you see, the smarter you can steer.
Question 3. Do you understand your panel and payer dynamics?
Not all patient populations are equally profitable or equally predictable. And not all contracts are designed with your best interest in mind.
You may be delivering high-value care without realizing you’re undercompensated due to attribution issues, unoptimized risk scores, or unfavorable payer terms. Understanding which payers, segments, or diagnoses are helping—or hurting—your performance is essential to planning your next move.
You can’t optimize what you don’t understand.
Question 4. Have you piloted quality or care management programs?
Small wins can reveal big truths. If you’ve experimented with chronic care management, wellness incentives, or care gap closures—even informally—you may be more VBC-ready than you think.
Pilots are a powerful, low-risk way to test your systems, team capacity, and financial return before jumping into contracts. They also generate data you can leverage in negotiations and grant proposals.
If you haven’t piloted yet, this is the safest place to start.
Question 5. Are you ready to take on some risk—even if it’s not two-sided yet?
Risk doesn’t have to be scary—but it does have to be smart. CMS and payers are rewarding groups that step up with readiness and punishing those who stall. Without a glidepath, even upside-only contracts can backfire.
Risk isn’t something to fear. It’s something to prepare for.
This Is the Moment We Were Built For
At VBCTP, we’re not another consulting firm selling ideas. We’re a physician-led team that meets you where you are—with practical solutions, proven outcomes, and a deep respect for the people delivering care.
Your readiness isn’t just a checklist. It’s your launchpad. Let’s build your path with clarity, confidence, and ROI that speaks for itself.
We’re ready. Let’s build your path—safely, strategically, and sustainably. Contact us today for a Complimentary Consultation or to discuss what a full Readiness Evaluation entails.
