by Michael Sokiveta | Aug 19, 2026 | VBC
Healthcare leaders are often spending more time discussing margin preservation than margin growth. Continuous margin pressure, rising medical and labor costs, and increasing uncertainty in traditional revenue models have made financial predictability harder to...
by Michael Sokiveta | Aug 9, 2026 | VBC
A conversation with Modern Healthcare exploring how policy, technology, and operational leadership are converging to advance value-based care Modern Healthcare’s Healthcare Insider recently brought together Rob Bessler, MD, CEO of Honest Health, and Dan Brillman,...
by Michael Sokiveta | Jul 13, 2026 | VBC
After more than two decades practicing emergency medicine and leading large-scale physician organizations, I’ve seen firsthand where the U.S. healthcare system both succeeds and breaks down. Those experiences have shaped my conviction that value-based care only...
by Michael Sokiveta | Jul 13, 2026 | VBC
Health system leaders are confronting a fundamental question: What business are we really in? Are we organized to deliver episodic sick care or to steward the long term health of our communities? Economic pressure on profitability by payer class, workforce burnout,...
by Michael Sokiveta | Jul 6, 2026 | VBC
Primary care practices operating in value-based care are often measured by performance metrics. But at Munson Family Practice in Traverse City, within the Munson Healthcare network, success starts somewhere else: understanding the realities of the patients they serve...
by Michael Sokiveta | Jul 6, 2026 | VBC
Health system leaders are navigating one of the most consequential transitions in modern healthcare: the shift from volume-driven care to value-based models focused on population outcomes. At the same time, the pace of change is accelerating. New models from CMS and...
