With healthcare costs now claiming nearly 20% of GDP and quality lagging behind benchmarks, the urgent need to ensure better care at lower cost is increasingly plain to healthcare leadership. Providers at all levels need to begin the shift from a volume-based model to a value-based one that offers the promise of a sustainable approach to care delivery.

Expectations for hospital board members are changing as well; boards must develop new governance structures and capabilities to address these urgent demands for organizational change. Distributed by the AHA’s Center for Healthcare Governance, Making the Transition from Volume to Value speaks to both boards and healthcare executives on the multifaceted challenge of moving from the current fee-for-service system to a payment approach that is more transparent and closely linked to quality and outcomes.