A new survey has found that 75% of employers reported being involved in direct contracting with health care providers for their health plan members, and another 41% said they would consider direct contracting by 2025.

These numbers suggest a broader embrace of the concept of direct contracting, where employer-sponsored health plans contract directly with health care providers, than some in the industry may have predicted.

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