Health Care Moves From Volume to Value, SCU Highlights Integrative, Whole-Person Healthcare

Health Care Moves From Volume to Value, SCU Highlights Integrative, Whole-Person Healthcare describes how Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is training future professionals for value-based, whole-person care. The program aligns with the U.S. shift away from fee-for-service models toward approaches focused on outcomes, prevention, patient experience, and more responsible resource use. In Whittier, California, June 30, 2026, SCU said the transition reflects national efforts to improve health outcomes while controlling costs. It cites Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services figures showing U.S. health expenditures rose 7.2% in 2024 to $5.3 trillion, or $15,474 per person, representing 18% of GDP, and that CMS aims to have all people with Traditional Medicare in accountable care relationships by 2030. SCU’s model emphasizes coordinated team-based care, plans built around patient goals, and consideration of physical, behavioral, emotional, social, and environmental factors, led by Melissa Nagare at SCU Health.