Assumptions
Value Partnerships programs are successful because Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its participating providers believe in transforming the health care system under these assumptions:
- Physicians, payers and purchasers share ownership in the effort.
- Provider organizations have structure and active leadership at all service levels.
- Provider organizations have control over the sharing of information, processes and responsibility.
- The focus is on communities of caregivers with shared responsibility for managing a patient population.
- Caregivers, in partnership with patients, are the frame of reference for efforts to optimize care.
