Here's how to advance the slow march by doctors to value-based care

There’s no way around it: Value-based care will profoundly change how doctors practice medicine. Still, the vast majority of physicians today are compensated based on fee-for-service payment models.

While many doctors are conceptually in support of the goals of value-based care--namely, its focus on quality and resource utilization measurement--86 percent of doctors are still compensated based on fee-for-service models, which is similar to 2014 findings, according to a recent report issued by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.

But slowing the march to value-based care simply isn’t an option. Based on the results of this survey of 600 primary care and specialty physicians around the country, the consulting firm makes the following recommendations:

Tie at least 20 percent of physicians’ compensation to their performance. That’s because current financial incentives aren’t compelling doctors to focus on the quality and cost of the care they provide, according to Deloitte.

Provide doctors better tools to enable them to achieve performance goals. Improved clinical protocols and quality measures that make sense for their specialties--while focusing on outcomes--are essential to physicians’ embrace of value-based care. Most physicians don’t have access to information about their own performance today.

Be prepared to invest in technology that can be integrated with doctors’ workflow. It’s also important to keep in mind that when doctors trust the information they have at their fingertips, they’re more likely to use it.