Rethinking Specialty Care to Recover Value (feat. Brent Nicholson)

<p>Specialty care—surgeries, cancer care, and complex procedures—drives nearly half of all employer health spend and is rising faster than any other category.</p><p>Brent Nicholson, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Carrum Health, joins us to explore how high-value specialty networks are disrupting traditional fee-for-service waste. Brent breaks down how Carrum Health expands beyond elective orthopedics into complex oncology and substance use care, leveraging prospective bundled payments with built-in complication warranties.</p><p>From code-level physician quality curation to independent RAND Corporation data proving 30% surgical avoidance, an 80% drop in readmissions, and $16,000 average savings per procedure, learn why employers are moving toward bold steerage to capture hard-dollar healthcare savings.</p><p>Find the transcript of this episode at <a href="https://movingtovalue.org/transcript/nicholson" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">movingtovalue.org/transcript/nicholson</a></p><p>________</p><p><a href="https://www.movingtovalue.org/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sign up for our email list.</a></p><p>Thank you to our members who make our work possible! As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Moving to Value Alliance relies on generous supporters to advance our mission of creating a value-based healthcare ecosystem with high-quality health outcomes at a reasonable cost for plan sponsors and their members. Get involved at <a href="http://movingtovalue.org/members" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">movingtovalue.org/members</a>.</p>