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[Image omitted] - You know how when you go on a first date, you're careful not to divulge too much nitty-gritty information about yourself? Instead, most experienced daters prefer to reveal tidbits of their personal lives slowly, so as not to scare their dates off too early with tales of rough childhoods and embarrassing habits. They key to successful dates and early relationships often is a delicate give-and-take balance of sharing some information, but not too much.
That's kind of how payers and providers are acting toward each other as they navigate the accountable care waters. Payers don't always want to spill all their beans, disclosing too much information too quickly, closely guarding their long-held secrets. And providers don't want to move forward with their dates if they remain tight-lipped about important information.
A new report from KLAS Research, "Accountable care payers: Partners in a changing paradigm," about the accountable care strategies of four large payers--Aetna, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth--proves how this dating theory of mine can be applied to the healthcare market.
[Image omitted] - "One of the key findings that we...