What is value-based care and how does it reduce costs? | NEBGH Annual Conference 2026

Value-based care isn’t one thing; it’s a spectrum of strategies with different implications for cost, quality, and member experience. This session brings together advanced primary care, centers of excellence, and specialty care to show how these models work, where they deliver real ROI, and what it takes to build a strategy that holds up financially and clinically over time. Panelists explore transparency, aligned incentives, and the practical steps employers can take to demand more from their partners. Speakers: Nirav Vakharia, MD Chief Operating Officer Marathon Health Christoph Dankert Chief Network Officer Carrum Health Catherine MacLean, MD Chief Value Medical Officer, Emeritus Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) Shelly Towns Chief Marketing Officer Lantern Patti Wahl, MHA Senior Vice President - Health Transformation Team Aon Presented by: • Marathon Health • Lantern Care • Hospital for Special Surgery • Carrum