Value-Based Care Struggles to Find Place in Workers' Comp

Although value-based care may eventually gain a greater foothold in workers’ comp, it faces a number of hurdles — including providers’ attachment to the fee-for-service model, a webinar speaker said on Thursday. “Once you try to change fee for service or eliminate it altogether, then you may expect some political challenges,” Dr. Randall Lea said during a webinar hosted by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. “Workers’ comp is the last bastion of fee-for-service for providers, and I think they’re going to defend it with most of the ...