Value-based Care: Basics
Online CME
There are multiple ways to deliver value-based care—and different payment arrangements available to support you meeting your patient populations’ unique needs.
Understanding the basic strategies and key concepts of value-based care and payment can help you choose the right delivery systems and financial contracts for your practice and patients.
Learn the significance of transitioning to value-based programs and how to overcome obstacles of implementation through role clarity and care coordination as you begin transforming your practice.
Enhance patient care, streamline processes and improve overall practice efficiency as you successfully transition into a value-based care practice model.
- Value-based care benefits
- Primary care payment
- Payer landscape
- Whole health
There are multiple ways to deliver value-based care—and different payment arrangements available to support you meeting your patient populations’ unique needs.
Understanding the basic strategies and key concepts of value-based care and payment can help you choose the right delivery systems and financial contracts for your practice and patients.
Learn the significance of transitioning to value-based programs and how to overcome obstacles of implementation through role clarity and care coordination as you begin transforming your practice.
Enhance patient care, streamline processes and improve overall practice efficiency as you successfully transition into a value-based care practice model.
- Value-based care benefits
- Primary care payment
- Payer landscape
- Whole health
Learning Objectives
Describe the payer landscape and impact on family medicine.
Examine the perspective of the payer, their incentives and what drives their decision-making.
Review utilization management from a payer perspective.
Consider how value-based payment should be designed.
Assist with advocacy to payers or within your organizations.
Describe how well-designed value-based payment can support optimal care.
Transition from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement.
Define potential benefits for patients, health care providers and the health care system.
Define value-based care (VBC) and its importance in health care transformation.
Understand key concepts: patient attribution, population health management, risk adjustment, quality and/or performance measurement and cost management.
Implement strategies for whole health care.
Demonstrate a successful conversation with patient that uncovers facts about your patient population.
Sessions with speakers
Payers: What They Do and Why They Do It
Jennifer Taylor, MD
Primary Care Payment 101: Getting Value-Based Payment Right
Stacey Bartell, MD and Karen Johnson, PhD
The New Era of Value-Based Payment and Taking Charge of Your Practice’s Economic Future
James Dom Dera, MD, FAAFP; Kate Freeman, MPH; Kent Moore
Value-Based Care: Patients, Populations and Whole Health
Karen Johnson, PhD and Padmaja Patel, MD FACLM, DipABLM
CME credit statement
The AAFP has reviewed Value-Based Care – Value-Based Care Basics and deemed it acceptable for up to 4.50 enduring AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 8/15/2024 to 8/15/2027. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.