By Deborah Gersh, Timothy McCrystal and Jennifer Romig ( May 31, 2017, 11:58 AM EDT) -- The U.S. health care system is in the midst of a fundamental shift, away from traditional "fee-for-service" models that reward providers for the quantity of services provided to patients, toward value-based models designed to reward the quality and efficiency of care provided to patients. This move to value-based care affects most sectors of the health care industry, including payors, providers, biopharma and medical device companies, and other partner and support organizations, such as health information technology (HIT) companies, population health management experts and other consultants. In order to effectively transition payment and care delivery systems, many of these organizations are rapidly developing, acquiring and partnering together to obtain the expertise necessary to participate in value-based care initiatives....