Rethinking Specialty Care to Recover Value (feat. Brent Nicholson)

Specialty care—surgeries, cancer care, and complex procedures—drives nearly half of all employer health spend and is rising faster than any other category. Brent Nicholson, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Carrum Health, joins us to explore how high-value specialty networks are disrupting traditional fee-for-service waste. Brent breaks down how Carrum Health expands beyond elective orthopedics into complex oncology and substance use care, leveraging prospective bundled payments with built-in complication warranties. From code-level physician quality curation to independent RAND Corporation data proving 30% surgical avoidance, an 80% drop in readmissions, and $16,000 average savings per procedure, learn why employers are moving toward bold steerage to capture hard-dollar healthcare savings. Find the transcript of this episode at movingtovalue.org/transcript/nicholson ________ Sign up for our email list at movingtovalue.org/subscribe Thank you to our members who make our work possible! As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Moving to Value Alliance relies on generous supporters to advance our mission of creating a value-based healthcare ecosystem with high-quality health outcomes at a reasonable cost for plan sponsors and their members. Get involved at movingtovalue.org/members.