Despite its critical role in driving on-going performance and facilitating strategic scaling, payer contracting is commonly one of the more opaque departments within the physician platform ecosystem. As practices Scale healthcare and payer contracting becomes an increasingly overwhelming task, practices frequently submit to unclear performance reporting and ambiguously defined goals.

However, given its importance and technical nature, we believe payer contracting requires a precise approach: invest in qualified oversight and transparent performance reporting as well as clearly, realistically, and proactively defined strategies.