Scheduled maintenance is planned for Dec. 13–14. You may experience brief interruptions during this time.
Available to AAFP members only.
Value-based Care: Basics
Online CME
Free practice management CME for AAFP members. Watch for newly added sessions as they become available.
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.
“In a value-based system, primary care is at the top. It has not been that way.
This is the time to take the risk on behalf of the specialty.”
– Employed physician | Urban academic practice
Available to AAFP members only.
Value-based Care: Basics
Online CME
Free practice management CME for AAFP members. Watch for newly added sessions as they become available.
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.
“In a value-based system, primary care is at the top. It has not been that way.
This is the time to take the risk on behalf of the specialty.”
– Employed physician | Urban academic practice
Payers: What they Do and Why They Do It
Jennifer Taylor, MD
.25 CME credits
Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:
- Describe the payer landscape, including Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, Self-Pay, VA, Union Trusts and their impact on the practice of family medicine.
- Examine perspective of the payer, their incentives, and what drives their decision-making (how they work, payer agnostic).
- Review Utilization Management from a payer perspective, the impacts to family physicians, and opportunities for burden reduction.
Primary Care Payment 101: Getting Value-Based Payment Right
Stacey Bartell, MD and Karen Johnson, PhD
1 CME credit
Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:
- Consider how value-based payment should be designed to support primary care success most effectively.
- Assist physicians to advocate with payers and/or within their organizations for what they need to be successful under value-based payment.
- Describe how well-designed value-based payment can support optimal care through primary care teams.
The New Era of Value-Based Payment and Taking Charge of Your Practice’s Economic Future
James Dom Dera, MD, FAAFP; Kate Freeman, MPH; and Kent Moore
2 CME credits
Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:
- Transition from fee-forservice to value-based reimbursement.
- Explain the rationale behind the shift towards VBC and its potential benefits for patients, healthcare providers, and the healthcare system as a whole.
Value-Based Care: Patients, Populations and Whole Health
Karen Johnson, PhD and Padmaja Patel, MDm FACLM, DipABLM
0.5 CME credits
Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:
- Define Value-Based Care (VBC) and its importance in healthcare transformation
- Understand key concepts: patient attribution, population health management, risk adjustment, quality/performance measurement, and cost management.
- Implement strategies for whole health care that enhance value-based care success.
- Demonstrate a successful conversation with patient that uncovers facts about your patient population.
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The AAFP has reviewed Value-based Care: Basics and deemed it acceptable for up to 3.5 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 3.5 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.