Employers are facing rising healthcare costs, and specialty care remains among the most expensive. For self-funded employers, even a few employees with chronic conditions can significantly drive up spending. That makes access to high-quality care especially important.

Carrum Health partners with employers through a value-based network of specialty care providers. In this episode of "Podnosis," Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya speaks with Christoph Dankert, Carrum’s chief network officer, about trends in the market, employer bargaining power and why value-based payment models are key to improving care.

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 

• Carrum Health marks major expansion of Centers of Excellence network, specialty care service lines
• Carrum Health offers value-based treatment model for substance use disorders
• Industry Voices—Healthcare disruption is here and employers are driving it
• UnitedHealth, HAC study examines how obesity is impacting employer health costs