Chief Innovation & Administrative Officer and Co-Founder Taylor Beery highlights how policy innovation impacts children with special health care needs
Imagine Pediatrics Shares 2026 Policy Impact Predictions
Taylor Beery, Imagine Pediatrics Chief Innovation & Administrative Officer and Co-Founder, was asked to provide his insights into how policy changes may impact value-based care delivery in 2026. His perspectives relay the importance of including children with special health care needs and their caregivers into policy considerations, along with leveraging tech-enabled virtual and in-home care to increase access to integrated medical, behavioral and social care. Read highlights from his innovation insights below:
“Workforce shortages will continue to shape healthcare policy and care delivery in 2026, but we need to think more broadly about what the workforce actually is. For children with special health care needs, caregivers are an essential part of that workforce, providing care that is constant and complex. Care models must evolve to recognize and support them. Virtual care is one of the best tools we have to do that because it expands access, reduces strain on clinical teams, and connects patients and caregivers to care when and where they need it most. And when we include caregiver feedback and knowledge as a data point in a tech-enabled care model, we’re better able to deliver care that is personalized and addresses the true needs of the patient and their family, resulting in better outcomes and experience.”
“Pediatric value-based care will gain momentum in 2026 as integrated models that combine medical, behavioral, and social care continue to demonstrate measurable impact. Data-driven approaches will increasingly help care teams anticipate needs and prevent crises, and when we expand access to that care through virtual and in-home models, we create more safe days at home for children with special health care needs. As more states align incentives around these outcomes, pediatric value-based care will become the benchmark for how success in pediatric care is defined.”