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	In 2019, prescriber enablement for e-prescribing reached 79%; 1.79 billion e-prescriptions were filled, bringing the rate to 80% of all prescriptions. The number for controlled substances reached 134.2 million, representing 38% of the total, up 12% from the year prior. Source: Value Based Payment News, Volume 5 Issue 9, May First Edition 2020, "Interoperability ‘Expanded Significantly’ in 2019, Surescripts Reports."
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	Could coronavirus derail the decades-long shift to value-based care? Healthcare Dive, April 15, 2020
	Maintaining Progress Toward AC & Payment Reform During A Pandemic, Part 1 Health Affairs Blog, April 14, 2020
	North Carolina's Health Care Transformation to Value North Carolina Medical Journal, May 2020   Gateway Health, PA Clinical Network Agree to New VB Contract for Practices Gateway Health Plan News Release, April 23, 2020   CMS Suspends Quality Reporting Measures Amid Pandemic HealthPayer Intelligence, April 22, 2020   Relationship of a Claims-Based Frailty Index to Annualized Medicare Costs Annals of Internal Mediine, April 21, 2020   Achieving The Quadruple Aim To Deliver VB Allergy Care In An Evolving System Annals of Allergy, Asthmas & Immunology, April 11, 2020
	CA Blues Allows Providers to Trade FFS for Value Washington DC Watch: AHIP on Interoperability Rules: ‘Our Underlying Concerns Remain;’ APA ‘Applauds’ Phone-Only Coverage in Medicare; NAACOS Happy At Last – Somewhat Gateway Health, PA Clinical Network in Value-Based Contract for Community, Rural Practic Interoperability ‘Expanded Significantly’ in 2019, Surescripts Reports Industry News with briefs regarding: Aledade and Updox; Arcadia. Click here to view a brief (under 2 minutes) video with more information
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