{"id":4054,"date":"2026-09-17T08:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginepediatrics.org\/?p=4054"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:29:58","slug":"from-fragmentation-to-safe-days-at-home-pediatric-value-based-care-reimagined-for-children-and-youth-with-special-health-care-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginepediatrics.org\/es\/corporate-resource\/from-fragmentation-to-safe-days-at-home-pediatric-value-based-care-reimagined-for-children-and-youth-with-special-health-care-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"From Fragmentation to Safe Days at Home: Pediatric Value-Based Care Reimagined for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Fragmentation to Safe Days at Home: Pediatric Value-Based Care Reimagined for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs<\/h1><\/div>\n\n\n\n

September 17, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Children with special health care needs represent one of the most complex and rapidly growing populations in healthcare. Nearly 14.5 million children in the United States<\/a> require care that spans medical, behavioral, and social needs and evolves as they grow and as family circumstances change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, 2026, marks the 20th<\/sup> anniversary of coining the term Value-based care (VBC).<\/a> VBC was built to improve outcomes by aligning incentives, care delivery, and measurement, and it has driven meaningful progress in the last two decades. But for children with special health care needs, that promise remains unrealized at scale. Most VBC models were not built for the heterogeneity and family-centered nature of pediatric care, so families continue to navigate fragmented systems and inconsistent access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This paper examines how VBC must evolve to deliver integrated medical, behavioral, and social care that supports both acute and longitudinal needs. For families, success is not only reduced utilization. It is more Safe Days at Home, days when children are stable and supported and caregivers feel confident managing their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging models show that when care is built around integration, continuity, personalization, and family partnership, experience, outcomes, and cost all improve. The opportunity now is to scale what works and align VBC with what children and families actually need.

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