Value-Based Care

Sarah Thomas, Vice President, Public Policy and Communications, NCQA, states that there are 3 significant pieces of quality improvement strategies for health insurance exchanges.

The quality care opportunities model can lead to increased utility and validity of current measurement tools and more accurate assessment of physician performance.

James C. Capretta, MA, answers what process can be put in place for continual improvement in the productivity and quality of patient care.

Getting Smarter in How We Score and Promote Value

UPMC Oncologists: Pioneers in the Clinical Pathways Movement

The oncology patient“centered medical home is a physician-driven, patient-focused value proposition that can make a difference for patients, oncologists, and the cost of healthcare.

As calls for improving the quality and cost efficiency of oncology increase, future empirical work is needed to examine the responsiveness of oncologists' treatment decision making to incentives among patients of all ages and insurance types.

Stereotactic body radiation therapy for low- to intermediate-risk prostate cancer has potential cost savings and may improve access to radiation, increase convenience, and boost quality of life.

Payment reform may be used to better align appropriate financial incentives with better quality of care.

In this video, Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services, addresses ways to reduce regulatory burden in the implementation of meaningful use.

We found no consistent associations between physician incentives for quality improvement and 12 measures of ambulatory quality of care.

The Duke Cancer Institute

To set priorities for quality improvement in trauma triage, we compared the cost-effectiveness of current practice with interventions to improve physician adherence to clinical guidelines.

Specifically trained care managers are essential for quality gains from a dementia care management program; even higher quality accrues with coordination across community and primary care.