Rick Kresinske
Client Engagement and Strategy Executive
Value-based health care
Rick Kresinske is a client engagement and strategy executive at 3M Health Information Systems, with a primary focus on assisting health plans and government agencies in designing and operationalizing their value-based payment (VBP) and population health management programs. Prior to joining 3M, Rick was most recently the Chief Financial Officer for Anthem’s New York City-based Medicaid Health Plan, Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus, where he developed and oversaw VBP programs ranging from pay-for-performance to fully capitated, delegated risk. Leveraging his background, Rick helps his clients to structure their VBP programs to align incentives between payer and provider in order to improve outcomes across the continuum of care. In addition to VBP and population health management, Rick also possesses in-depth knowledge in health plan market strategy and operations, medical economics and program design and management.
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Blog post
May 17, 2021 / By Rick Kresinske
Ever heard a primary care physician (PCP) in a value-based payment (VBP) contract say they shouldn’t be responsible for a patient they’ve never seen? Have your non-PCP, specialty providers (specialists) […]
Blog post
March 17, 2021 / By Rick Kresinske
With Bitcoin’s price once again on the rise, I’m strangely reminded of the trajectory we’ve seen for episodes of care, the alternative payment method that covers health care costs for […]