Topic in Focus: Value-based Care

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6 steps to improve patients’ experience in your organization

Team engagement and a culture of empathy are keys to creating a successful patient-experience program.

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Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
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Innovator finds value in relationship-based primary care model

No codes, no EOBs, no rushed primary care patient visits. That is the vision of Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP, co-founder and CEO of Iora Health.

Prevention & Wellness
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How a new transitions model helped one patient

After discharge it’s often up to the patient to adhere to medication regimens. A new transitions model helped one patient take charge of his health and better understand and adhere to his care plan.

Payment & Delivery Models
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AMA unveils resources to help docs navigate value-based care models

To aid physicians navigating new value-based care models, the AMA announced online resources for physicians considering their choice of new payment models.

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The move to value-based care in medical practices: Effect on cost and quality

Wondering how your medical practice can move from fee-for-service to value-based care? One practice in North Carolina serves as an example of how team-based model affects health outcomes and costs.

Payment & Delivery Models
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Testing new value-based health care and payment models: One program's success

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation tested a pilot program to decrease overuse of emergency. The test showed a value-based health care and payment model could reduce frequent ED visits by about 40 percent.

Payment & Delivery Models
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From volume to value: How one health system is making the change

ACCESS Health System moved to a team-based care model rooted in evidence-based practices across 36 health centers. Switching from an emphasis on volume to value has created a new relationship between physician and patient.

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AMA partakes in collaborative to align quality reporting in care

The AMA joins other physician groups, health plans, employers and CMS to ensure quality measures reported by physicians and used by public and private payers.

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5 trends that will impact how quality of care is measured

As ever-increasing amounts of data impact how practices are evaluated and paid, one expert points to trends that every physician should follow.

Payment & Delivery Models