S1 Ep189: Value-based care is still treading water, with Dan D'Orazio of Sage Growth Partners

Off the Chart: A Business of Medicine Podcast · Sep 28, 2026 · 29m · transcript

Nearly two decades into the push toward value-based care, Dan D'Orazio says the industry isn't much further along than it was when the effort began. He says value-based programs are still pegged to fee-for-service, and the fee-for-service revenue hospitals collect routinely outweighs the penalties meant to move them off it.

Medical Economics Managing Editor Todd Shryock sat down with D'Orazio, CEO of Sage Growth Partners, a Baltimore-based health care strategy and marketing firm.

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