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. 2020 Sep:80 Suppl 2:S27-S34.
doi: 10.1111/jphd.12402. Epub 2020 Oct 15.

Understanding value in oral health: the oral health value-based care symposium

Sean Boynes  1 , Joni Nelson  2 , Vuong Diep  1 , Christine Kanan  1 , Da-Nell Pedersen  3 , Carolyn Brown  1 , Rebekah Mathews  1 , Eric Tranby  1 , Danielle Apostolon  1 , Mary Bayham  1 , Myechia Minter-Jordan  1
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Understanding value in oral health: the oral health value-based care symposium

Sean Boynes et al. J Public Health Dent. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

Objective: There are both opportunities and challenges with the implementation of oral health value-based care (OHVBC). To tackle concerns and advance conversation, a symposium was convened with subject matter experts to develop a gap analysis and capture insights into professional readiness for value-based care design.

Methods: The symposium was convened as a private event for 46 participants over the course of one and a half days in December 2019. Thematic analyses utilized the OHVBC Readiness Framework (DentaQuest Partnership, 2019) to further codify conversations as part of the gap-analysis process. Poll Everywhere, a text messaging application that allows participants to answer questions in real time, was also employed to solicit responses.

Results: Attendees of the symposium felt that OHVBC would have a large portion of market share within the next 10 years. A qualitative assessment of multiple table discussions determined that the participants developed more consensus around themes for the current state and the future-desired state than the action-planning needed to close the gap between the two. This may relate to individual ideology, and the siloed environment is still prevalent in the oral health realm. In a postsymposium survey, respondent attendees did not perceive that COVID-19 would delay or negatively impact the adoption of OHVBC and may result in accelerating its utilization.

Conclusion: The oral health community is experiencing multiple drivers to adopt more OHVBC within business and care models. However, there is still a lack of uniformity on how to execute this delivery model.

Keywords: dental health education; health information technology; oral health; payment model; value-based care.

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