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interested in advancing multi-payer efforts to improve quality across the health care system. ... Lessons Learned This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies profiles two multi-payer quality improvement ...

Jan 30,2013

Primary Care Use Driving Down Costs, Improving Care

new health care coverage program called CarePlus by the end of 2013. Several AF4Q partners in the Better Health Greater Cleveland Alliance enrolled 28,294 uninsured patients in CarePlus, with a goal of providing better access, better care, and better outcomes, but with costs lower than those CMS ...

Jul 31,2014

Insights and Recommendations for Collaboratives: Focused Business Strategy

creates a more cohesive set of performance measures and rewards providing high-quality care. Creating a ... focused business strategy sets the critical foundation for every facet of an organization’s work. Turning ... across your offerings. For example, an employer may value payment reform efforts because they help to ...

May 14,2015

What role do employers play in improving care quality?

fair deal in every other setting. The American health care system is counting on them to do so in this setting too.”   Employers can use many tools to affect health care quality and cost , ... buyer of health care . Some employers have leveraged their considerable market power to push for ...

Oct 02,2013

What are the key skills and behaviors to look for when hiring a practice coach?

set of observable behaviors that enable them to connect with primary care practices. Indeed, some ... engineering, or education • Five years of experience in working in a health care setting, preferably ... Practice coaches play a unique and specialized role requiring a broad set of functional, ...

Oct 16,2013

An article entitled "A group randomized trial of a complexity-based organizational intervention to improve risk factors for diabetes complications in primary care settings: study ... (Ambulatory Care, Practice-based Coaching) ...

Aug 09,2012

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Minnesota RARE Campaign Care Across Settings <p> What is the value ... Across Settings ...

May 15,2013

AF4Q Equity Affinity Group - November Meeting

engaging Community Health Workers to reduce disparities in care. Finding Answers grantees will discuss ... ask questions about incorporating these strategies into their settings.   In ... Workers to reduce disparities in care. Finding Answers grantees will discuss their experiences ...

   

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Traditional payment reform occurs within one setting—in a health system, for example—rather than across a ... improvement goals. Value-enhancing payment methods are necessary for high-value care, and successful payment ... reducing health care costs and spending in order to promote high-value health care. Payment reform in ...

May 14,2015

Engaging Consumers, Improving Care

Ambulatory Care Patient-Centered Care ... health care systems. A report from Aligning Forces for Quality shares the experiences of five communities that are engaging consumers to improve ambulatory care. A recent Lessons Learned piece describes ...

Mar 09,2012

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