Value-based care practices shift the 'center of gravity' of healthcare to prevention and early recognition of disease, says Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., CEO of Risant Health

In the third segment from an extensive video interview with Managed Health Executive, Jaewon Ryu, CEO of Risant Health, discusses the role of prevention and early detection in value-based care. In Ryu's view, the role is definitional. "Earlier recognition and treatment of disease is what we're talking about when we talk about value-based care," says Ryu.

Value-based care shifts the "center of gravity" of healthcare from emergency departments and hospitals. Ryu continues. "We believe that if you can identify things sooner upstream, you can keep things in environments without having them go into those acute settings, institutional settings, and so forth. And when people do need to land there, you want to get them there as quickly as possible and get them well and on their feet and back home as quickly as possible. I think that's the mindset of value-based care."

Risant comprises Geisinger Health in north-central Pennsylvania and Cone Health in North Carolina. Ryu was lead author of an article published in NEJM Catalyst in February 2026 about implementing a set of Kaiser Permanente value-based practices at Risant.

Value-based care leads to better outcomes, Ryu says in this segment of the interview. "I think at its core, that's what motivates systems like Geisinger and Cone, that they can better serve the population and better serve the communities through these better health outcomes, better experiences, and so forth, versus the inherent clunkiness and delays in care that come with a downstream-centric healthcare delivery system.”