Trending: Episode 11: Catching up with fellow health value visionary, Nancy Giunto Episode 10: Clinical Leader Profile – Carilion Clinic’s crusade to tackle low-value pre-operative testing Episode 9: Clinical Leader Profile – Ballad Health is off to a strong start with PICC line reductions Episode 8: Clinical Leader Profile – How Virginia Care Partners is delivering value with the right incentives and a data-friendly culture VCHI In the news A selection of recent press coverage. 2019 Archive When Less Is More: How One State Is Using Data to Reduce Unnecessary Medical CareSurvey: Southwest Virginians report highest rate of health care affordability burdens in stateMost Virginians worry about health care costs despite Medicaid expansion, survey saysSurvey finds Virginia consumers worried about affording health care78% of Virginians worried about affording healthcare in the futureEmployers enlisted in effort to reduce ‘low-value’ health servicesVirginia employers asked to help reduce millions of unnecessary medical testsPrimary Care Physicians Influence LVC Spending, Studies ShowReducing Low-Value Care in VirginiaIndustry still determining what services are worth doingVCHI receives grant to improve vaccination rates for HPVReducing Low-Value Care May Mean Tough Conversations With StakeholdersVirginia launches pilot program to curb 'low-value' health careProgressing From Identifying and Measuring to Reducing Low-Value Care ServicesVirginia spends hundreds of millions every year on wasteful medical services. A study is looking to put a dent in that figure Virginia moving toward value-based health care payment system, report showsUnnecessary Medical Care: More Common Than You Might ImagineLow-Cost, High-Volume Health Services Contribute The Most To Unnecessary Health SpendingToo Many Older Patients Get Cancer ScreeningsDoing More Harm Than Good? Epidemic of Screening Burdens Nation’s Older PatientsLow-cost services make up bulk of unnecessary healthcare spendingHigh-volume, low-cost services reflect most unnecessary medical spending, study suggestsLow-cost, low-value care accounts for a substantial amount of unnecessary spendingMost Healthcare Costs Can Be Attributed to Low-Cost, Low-Value CareAll-Payer Claims Databases Offer Insights into Healthcare SpendingProviders make efforts, but cuts to low-value care elusiveUnnecessary medical care is more common than you thinkAn Easy Way To Reduce Health Costs ... And Patient StressLow-cost, high-volume services make up big portion of spending on unneeded health carePopulation Health, Big Data Strategies Could Reduce $2B Waste
