The VBC Playbook: What Is Value-Based Care?
Presented by Alex Bendersky and Dana Strauss
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Audio Runtime: 57 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 21 Minutes
Alex Bendersky, PT, DPT, and a passionate advocate for reforming the allied health system, opens the conversation with Dana Strauss, PT, DPT—an expert in healthcare policy and value-based care implementation. Hosts Dana and Alex bring clarity, energy, and humor to an often-confusing topic, breaking down the roots and realities of value-based care versus fee-for-service models. Together, they invite you into a conversation that challenges assumptions, explores key legislation, and sets the stage for how PTs and OTs can be part of a more sustainable and impactful future in healthcare. You’ll leave this episode with a fresh understanding of how outcomes, policy, and prevention are shaping your role in tomorrow’s care delivery.
Learning Objectives
- Distinguish value-based care from traditional fee-for-service models using structural, financial, and outcome-based criteria
- Analyze the policy frameworks and design elements that shape value-based care implementation in allied health practice
- Apply value-based care principles to clinical decision-making through interdisciplinary collaboration and ethical integration
This is an audio-only course. Additional materials are available for download within the course. To receive continuing education credit, complete the course and the accompanying quiz.
Meet your instructors
Alex Bendersky
Dr. Bendersky is an innovative clinical and technological leader in musculoskeletal and digital health. With over two decades of experience, Dr. Bendersky currently serves as the director of digital health at Sparta Science, spearheading advanced platforms, language models, and AI to optimize human performance. As an advocate…
Dana Strauss
Dana is a doctor of physical therapy with 27 years of experience in the clinical and nonclinical healthcare industry, working as a public policy professional specializing in value-based care and Medicare. She has deep expertise in healthcare delivery with traditional and alternative payment models along the whole care…
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