value-based healthcare – Virginia Center for Health Innovation

VCHI and Health System Partners Team Up to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates

Today, at the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association’s Spring Conference, Virginia Center for Health Innovation (VCHI) President and CEO, Beth Bortz announced that VCHI had secured $225,000 in grant funding from Merck to implement Virginia Vaccinates; a collaborative project among primary care practice sites affiliated with three of Virginia’s health systems in the western region. The collaborative members will work together to improve HPV vaccination rates.

Helping Value-Based Care Delivery Pay for Itself

by Robert J. Fortini, VP and Chief Clinical Officer, Bon Secours Medical GroupAlthough many commercial health plan payments now focus on value rather than volume, the bulk of physician income is still derived from fee-for-service payments—or, for employed physicians, salary plus production incentives.aPioneers of value-based payment arrangements must navigate this reality if they are going […]