Search results for "Value-based care"
ACP helps transform practices to value-based care
ACP is 1 of 10 Support and Alignment Networks that received grants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to support physicians as they improve patients' experience of care, improve the health of populations, and reduce the per capita cost of health care through the expansion of quality improvement capacity.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2016/03/presidents.htm
1 Mar 2016
New ACP videos highlight personal reflections on practice transformation
ACP has been a part of the federal Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPi) since 2015.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/13/6.htm
13 Nov 2018
Tackling care fragmentation in patients on dialysis
Primary care for patients on dialysis is highly variable, with no typical way that it is delivered. Careful coordination is key.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/09/tackling-care-fragmentation-in-patients-on-dialysis.htm
1 Sep 2024
Physicians, advanced practice clinicians may order similar amounts of low-value care for certain conditions, study finds
Advanced practice clinicians were not significantly more likely than physicians to order antibiotics, CT/MRI, or radiography, or to refer patients to other physicians for upper respiratory infections, back pain, or headache.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/21/2.htm
21 Jun 2016
Working toward fundamental change
ACP engages in a significant number of efforts on its own and with external organizations to help move the health care system to one that better addresses its vision for better health care.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/04/working-toward-fundamental-change.htm
1 Apr 2022
Setting goals to improve quality under MIPS
Five principles frequently define successful individual and organizational goal-setting and achievement. They can be applied as physicians convert to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, which will have a dramatic impact on future Medicare reimbursements.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/03/policy.htm
1 Mar 2017
‘Tectonic’ change involves new reimbursement models
An expert offers four recommendations for tackling value and care model innovation.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/02/tectonic-change-involves-new-reimbursement-models.htm
1 Feb 2019
ACP resources aid the practice of medicine
ACP has resources to support internists' ability to care for patients on a daily basis, including regulatory and business factors that impact practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/10/acp-resources-aid-the-practice-of-medicine.htm
1 Oct 2018
High-value care a focus at Hospital Medicine 2017
Hospital Medicine 2017 featured advice on providing high-value care, from how to talk about the concept with patients to which tests and screens to give and which drugs to stop.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/07/high-value-care-a-focus-at-hospital-medicine-2017.htm
1 Jul 2017