There is a flurry of regulatory activity surrounding and supporting value-based care, including payment model redesign, data interoperability, security and technology certification to name a few. Regulatory policy is directly and indirectly driving technological and operational innovation in value-based care. How do organizations distill the deluge of policy revisions to isolate and leverage those with the greatest impact and innovation potential? For instance, what reimbursement or compliance changes open sustainable windows of opportunity to gain competitive advantage? We review examples of and methods for finding the opportunities in value-based care policy which can affect short and long-term plans.