Think of your last major purchase. Most likely, you shopped around and determined where you'd get the most value for the least amount of money, right?
In a value-driven health care system, consumers would partner with their physicians to make health care decisions based on what's valuable to them-just as they do when making other economic decisions. They'd take a variety of factors into consideration, such as quality, cost and patient satisfaction ratings.
The result? Patients who are more engaged with their health care at all levels. Patients who are taking better care of themselves.
For value-driven health care to be successful, consumers need the tools to be able to see health care costs and compare quality. And they should be rewarded for making value-based decisions.
It's about active participation
Informed consumers naturally make smart health care decisions and become active participants in their own health care.
The broken health care system currently isn't designed to reward consumers based on value. Insurance companies—including Regence—are partly to blame. And we're determined to help transform the system. Regence is committed to providing our members with the tools they need to make decisions based on value.
We also understand that consumers need tools to compare costs quality and determine what's best for them. Physicians, employers and consumers all have a stake in solving these challenges, and Regence is committed to working with them.
You're invited to use this site to engage with us—and your community—on these issues. Let's move toward a health care system where informed consumers make decisions that benefit them, based on their own definition of value.
Highly accessible. Cooperative. Preventive. Easy to move through.
This is how we see the future of health care: a value-driven system.
Let's say Jackie is our patient. In a value-driven health care system, Jackie would be able to:
- Choose her primary care doctor after comparing information about cost, quality and patient satisfaction.
- Estimate the cost of a doctor's visit before the appointment.
- Understand her health risks and how to reduce them on an ongoing basis.
- Partner with her doctor to focus on preventive care and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
- Get cost and quality information for medications and specialists.
- Avoid the repetition of her medical history, because her provider could easily access her records.
Overall, the system's efficiency would make Jackie's treatment more convenient and more cost-effective. And in the future of health care, there's more potential for Jackie to create a friendly partnership with her doctors, so she'd have the tools and the knowledge to stay well.