Aligning Services with Needs: Complexity Tiering for Children with Chronic and Complex Conditions

As health care and financing systems become more sophisticated, health care systems are increasingly using a process known as “risk tiering” to group patients with similar degrees of need for health care and care coordination services. Payers are becoming part of this conversation, which for children is in its very early stages. Families and care providers of children with chronic and complex conditions should understand the risk tiering process, as it may affect access to services these children need. 

This conversation was led by the authors of Aligning Services with Needs: Characterizing the Pyramid of Complexity Tiering for Children with Chronic and Complex Conditions.