February 25, 2025
Blue Shield of California’s Role in a Groundbreaking Payer-Provider Initiative
By Mark Hagland
Even as the leaders of health plans, medical groups, and hospital-based organizations have struggled in some markets to make real headway with value-based contracting that produces long-term results, a statewide initiative in California is already reaping results. And one of the keys to the success so far of that initiative lies in long-term relationships that have been developed over years—even decades.