SPEAKING SESSION
The Operating System for Value-Based Care: Making Risk Contracts Work
Monday, Nov. 2, 2026 12:40-1:20 PM
Value-based care succeeds or fails long before financial results are measured. As organizations take on greater levels of risk, the ability to operationalize value-based contracts depends on having the right infrastructure in place—from trusted data architecture and accurate attribution to meaningful performance benchmarking and timely insights that support action.
Join leaders from Blue Shield of California and Arcadia for a discussion on the operational capabilities required to scale value-based contracting across complex provider networks. The session will examine how organizations are creating a shared foundation for measuring performance, aligning incentives, and improving collaboration between payers and providers while reducing administrative complexity.
Panelists will also explore how CMS’s evolving ACCESS model reflects a broader shift toward greater accountability, transparency, and coordinated care, and what those changes mean for organizations preparing for the next generation of value-based payment.
Key takeaways:
Practical considerations for organizations expanding risk-based arrangements
The foundational capabilities needed to support value-based contracting at scale
Why attribution, data quality, and performance benchmarking are critical to successful payer-provider partnerships
How shared data infrastructure improves visibility, collaboration, and contract performance
What the CMS ACCESS model signals about the future of accountability in value-based care
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Luke Hansen, MD, MHS
Chief Medical Officer, Arcadia -
Laura Fox, MPH
Sr. Director, Payment Innovation, Blue Shield of California