Virginia Health Innovation Plan – Virginia Center for Health Innovation

Virginia’s State Innovation Model Design

The following video highlights the work of the Virginia Center for Health Innovation and its partners over the last year to develop a State Health Innovation Plan under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative. A companion report summarizing this effort is available for download below.

Accountable Care Communities & DSRIP: Frequently Asked Questions

How is the development of Regional Accountable Care Communities (ACCs) being supported by Virginia’s State Innovation Model (SIM) grant?Over the SIM grant period (February 2015 – January 2016) the SIM staff team is convening regional stakeholders within Virginia’s five health planning regions to:Provide updates to stakeholders on the status and outcomes of the SIM planning […]

Virginia Population Health Improvement Planning Update

Dr. Marissa Levine, State Health Commissioner, provides an update below on the population health improvement planning efforts underway at the Virginia Department of Health - including the development of Virginia's Plan for Well-Being. This update is for Virginia's State Innovation Model stakeholders participating in the Accountable Care Communities planning and anyone interested in this effort.

Hiding in Plain Sight: LBGT Older Adults

by Devin Bowers, Innovation FellowAn estimated 1.6 million to 2.4 million gay (G) men and lesbians (L), aged 65 years and older live in the United States and there will be an estimated 2.88 million to 4.32 million GL older adults by 2030. The number of transgender older adults is approximated at 700,000 and this […]

A review of other SIM states: Part I

by Daniel Greenberg, Innovation FellowThe Virginia Center for Health Innovation was awarded a State Innovation Models Round Two Design Award in February, a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to “design multi-payer health system transformation models” for a one-year period. VCHI deploys a health innovation plan unlike any other model with five […]

Heart of Virginia Healthcare

by: Anton Kuzel, MDLast week, the Agency for Health Research and Quality announced the award of seven EvidenceNow: Advancing Heart Health in Primary Care grants to state-level cooperatives aimed at improving the quality of care provided by small to medium practices (ten or fewer clinicians at a given site). I am proud to say that […]

Innovator Interview: Marissa Levine, MD, MPH

Innovator: Marissa Levine, MD, MPHPosition: Commissioner, Virginia Department of HealthVHIN: Your one-year anniversary as Virginia State Health Commissioner is approaching, what have been the most exciting and challenging aspects of this appointment?ML: Responding to a new threat to the US and Virginia, Ebola, was a significant challenge. Ebola forced us to re-evaluate our prior 13 years […]

Improving the Health of Older Adults with Chronic Conditions

by Fran Anderson, Director of The Center For Aging, Senior Services of Southeastern VirginiaMs. Rosa has just returned home after her second hospital stay within a month. She is 66 years old and has several chronic conditions with 12 prescribed medications. Ms. Rosa sees two doctors and uses two different pharmacies. Her medications were adjusted […]

Virginia Awarded State Innovation Model Grant Funds

Over the past two years, the Virginia Center for Health Innovation staff and our partners have worked collaboratively to lay the groundwork for the Virginia Health Innovation Plan (VHIP). The VHIP's population health improvement initiatives are designed to transform Virginia health care and achieve the Triple Aim.Today we have an exciting update to share with our […]

Innovator Interview: Katherine Neuhausen, MD, MPH

Innovator: Katherine Neuhausen, MD, MPHPosition: Director of Delivery System Transformation, Office of Health Innovation, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVHIN: How do you define population health management?I view population health management as having two major components:Data-driven development and implementation of interventions to address the needs of subgroups of a population (such as individuals with chronic disease or at […]