VBP Bulletin
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Common Utilization Measures That Impact Value-Based Care Efforts
HealthPayer Intelligence, July 20, 2023
  Study links readmissions to discharge process: 6 takeaways
Becker's Hospital Review, July 19, 2023
   
  As VB health moves from philosophy to reality, providers, payers focus on equity
Fierce Healthcare, July 17, 2023
   
  For value-based care, virtual options aren't always beneficial, study shows
Healthcare IT News, July 14, 2023
   
  Recent data shows Value-Based Care improves health outcomes in Georgia
CareSource news release, July 12, 2023
   
  Policy guidance offers strategies to shift to value-based health care and payment
American Heart Association, July 10, 2023
   
  Hospitals average a D+ for pediatric emergency care: 3 notes
Becker's Hospital Review, July 10, 2023
   
  Hospitals with Health Equity Factors Face Value-Based Penalties
RevCycle Intelligence, July 6, 2023
   
  Medicare Advantage’s quality bonus program needs reform: Urban Institute
Healthcare Dive, July 6, 2023
   
  How Long-Term Health Plan Enrollment Supports Value-Based Care
HealthPayer Intelligence, July 5, 2023
   
HealthSprocket List
 
3 Barriers to Incorporating VBP Models that Assess Spending, Utilization, and Outcomes for Drugs

1.
Disparate funding streams.
2. Limited data about drug costs and effectiveness available to prescribing clinicians.
3. Complexity in incorporating drugs into new payment approaches.

Notes: From a blog post entitled, "How Value-Based Payment Can Improve Drug Spending, Utilization, and Equity," by Kristen Ukeomah, Mark Japinga, Nitzan Arad, Christina Bush, Frank McStay and Robert Saunders.

Source: The Commonwealth Fund blog, July 12, 2023
     
 
Healthshare TV
 
How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare Advancing Provider Adoption of Value-Based Care Models

Southwestern Health Resources’ Chief Network and Physician Experience Officer, Dr. Kristen Woods, shares thoughts on the current state of Value-Based Care with Modern Healthcare.

 
 
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What's News
 
Transforming Healthcare from Volume-to-Value: Leveraging Care Coordination
The American Journal of Medicine, abstract only, July 20, 2023
 
Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA
BMJ, abstract only, July 17, 2023
 
What are Effective Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Care? An Analysis
Journal for Healthcare Quality, July 29, 2023
 
Use of High-Risk Meds Among Older Adults in MA Plans vs Traditional Medicare
JAMA Network Open, June 27, 2023
 
 
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