What 101 Healthcare C-Suites are Planning for Value-Based Care in 2026-2027
Sage Growth Partners’ annual survey of 101 health system and hospital C-suite leaders brings to light a new twist along the winding journey to value-based care (VBC): Even though C-suites realize that progress has been slow during the last two years, 77% are planning to ramp up participation in 2026-2027—a sizable increase from the 2023 survey.
Read the new report to learn more about which VBC models have become more and less prevalent in the last two years, C-suites’ planned investments to expand VBC in the near future, and what executives reveal about VBC when asked open-ended questions.
Read the report to learn:
- How VBC has evolved in the last two years
- Top VBC models by hospital participation
- C-suite strategies for increasing VBC participation in the next two years
- How much revenue hospitals really have at risk
- And more
Key Findings
20%
of C-suite leaders agree that the industry has made progress toward value-based care in the last two years, but that is fewer than those who agreed in our 2023 and 2022 surveys: 40% and 37%, respectively
69%
of organizations are participating in an ACO, up from 53% in 2023; and 61% use bundled payments, an increase from 46% in 2023
54%
of hospitals and health systems generate between 5% and 20% of revenue in VBC arrangements, however only a small percentage earn more than 20%
77%
say their organization plans to increase participation in value-based care models in the next two years — an increase from 57% in 2023
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A Note About this Sage Growth Partners C-Suite Report Series
This is the third report in a three-part series examining our survey findings. You can view the first installment focused on C-suite perspectives on AI here, and the second that focuses on executives’ perspectives on patient experience and virtual health here.
