In this episode of “Counsel That Cares,” healthcare attorney Daniel Patten continues the series of ongoing conversations about value-based care and risk-based reimbursement with special guest Brendan McDonald, the Vice President of Provider Reimbursement and Network Optimization at Highmark Health. Together they discuss the drivers pushing healthcare toward value-based care and higher quality care outcomes and how this push affects payers in healthcare, specifically focusing on the differences between private payers versus Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Advantage and Medicare plans.