Introduction

payment reform, cost reduction, and care across settings. Alliances also established and pursued community-specific quality and cost goals. In the middle of the AF4Q program, federal legislation, namely the HITECH ...

May 18,2015

How do I incorporate consumer engagement into my organization’s strategic plan?

  How can consumers help achieve AF4Q cost and quality goals as well as quality/equality ... costs including travel, childcare, meals, or modest monetary awards for participation.   ...

Oct 02,2013

AF4Q 4.0 RFP

increase their focus on reducing the costs of and spending on care to promote not just high-quality, but ... have developed in previous phases to help them meet their new health care quality and cost goals. The ... focus on quality and cost goals and will require that the community submit a well-defined strategic plan ...

Mar 27,2012

A Patient-Centered Plan to Help Super-Utilizers

of patients causing more than 60 percent of health care costs. These “super-utilizer” patients make frequent trips to hospital emergency rooms or have repeated inpatient hospital stays, resulting in costly ... capita cost of health care. The effort focuses on five components: individuals and families redesign of ...

May 09,2013

Engaged Patients, Improved Care

things cost? How do I become a better consumer leader? ... lowering the cost of health care for patients and their communities. Read more about how Cincinnati is ... expenses,” said Lisa Mason, vice president of cost quality for GDAHC. According to the Centers for Disease ...

Feb 26,2014

Providing Diabetes Self-Management Education in the Workplace

Lisa Mason, vice president of cost quality for GDAHC.   Initially, GDAHC reached out to ... used a diabetes cost calculator AHRQ developed to demonstrate to the employers and unions that they could potentially save money in the long term on employee medical costs and improve productivity by ...

Dec 05,2012

Best of 2014—Special Edition

reducing costs. The <a ... patients receive care that is better coordinated across multiple providers, and costs are reduced. When ... costs and improve value in health care.</div> <div> &nbsp;</div> <div> ...

Dec 17,2014

Health Insurance Exchanges

David McGuire of Partners HealthCare System, Inc., took up the issue of cost, saying that health care hasn’t worked well as a marketplace for controlling costs and improving quality and that health care costs are the biggest problem for government at every level.   “We need to align ...

Jun 06,2013

The Empowered Patient

encouraging optimal health for all through high-quality health care services at the lowest cost. Alliance for ... cost-effective health care system. Consumers’ experiences demonstrate where the gaps are as they navigate the ... their care, especially to manage costs. Consumer Empowerment Training helps teach consumers about risk ...

May 09,2013

Spotlight on West Michigan

Cost & Efficiency <div> ... but accrue more than 60 percent of health care costs. The patients make frequent trips to hospital emergency rooms or have repeated inpatient hospital stays, resulting in costly, but not necessarily ...

Aug 11,2014