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Quadruple Aim

A Conceptual Framework

Improving the U.S. health care system requires four aims: improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations, reducing per capita costs and improving care team well-being. HITEQ Center resources seek to provide content and direction aligned with the goals of the Quadruple Aim

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  • Rationale
  • Challenges
  • Approach

Mobile health (mHealth) tools have the potential to play a pivotal role in fostering a sense of greater patient engagement within underserved populations. By facilitating patient use of mHealth applications in collaboration with electronic health record (EHR) and personal health record (PHR) systems there is an opportunity to empower individuals to take a more active role toward managing their health conditions.

The proliferation of consumer mobile health applications and devices is creating new opprotunities for engaging patients in their care and leaves little doubt as to the impact that these tools will have on the way that people manage their health, health information, and health communications with their care providers, family and friends. This shift to increased self-management of health by consumers will change a patient’s relationship with their doctor and the way healthcare is practiced.
The current laws and standards in place to ensure patient’s privacy and health information security will need further review to determine whether mobile health technologies create unique situations that are not yet addressed. This poses many challenges for health centers as to how best to support patient use of these tools and ways in which to incorporate them into their own clincial support systems.

Mobile health characterizes a shift in the point of care for the patient. The point of care has classically been located at the hospital or clinic. Mobile health is beginning to shift this model so that the point of care is more frequently a matter of where the person happens to be located at that time, consequently providing opportunities for more timely care. It is also important to note that these tools help to increase the accessibility of Healthcare to populations where direct access to Healthcare professionals is limited and so health management is more frequently left in the hands of the consumer.

The tools provide in this resource cover a range of different mobile health tools, strategies, and guidelines for consideration as Health Centers seek to leverage these technologies to better engage and activate their patients.

Mobile Health Resources

Value Based Care Basics Module 1
Molly Rafferty
/ Categories: Value Based Payment, Value Based Payment Basics, Data Demonstrating Health Center Value, Engaging in Value Based Payment Models

Value Based Care Basics Module 1

HITEQ Value Based Care Basics Series, June 2023

The Value Based Care Basics training is a three-module series. All three modules can be completed by health center leaders to gain a working knowledge of value based care and how to successfully implement it at your health center. This first module, including the video and companion checklist, uses the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (HCP-LAN) Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework as its basis.

View the 25-minute video to learn about the basic mechanics of how Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) are paid, the prospective payment system (PPS), and how that is evolving over time. The video presentation also reviews the spectrum of value based payment arrangements, using the HCP-LAN framework as a guide, and the capacity needed to be successful in each of those payment categories. You’ll also learn about patient attribution processes, including why that data is so critical in value based payment arrangements, and what questions to ask payer partners about attribution processes, are also reviewed. Lastly, a real value based payment arrangement and related considerations are reviewed.

The checklist walks users through a series of common considerations for contracts that you may receive from payers, with a specific focus on contracts that include value based payment components. After reviewing the framework and watching the video, work through this checklist to be sure you understand these considerations and to help you flag any outstanding issues for legal and/or consultant review prior to execution of the contract.

It is important to understand that contracts can be complicated and no one tool can effectively address all possible contract configurations and their potential issues. Use this module as a guide in conjunction with other resources, access outside expertise when needed, and apply your own knowledge and understanding of your health center. It can also be helpful to ask your health plan representatives if something is not clearly understood.

Learning Objectives: 

After completing this module, participants will be able to: 

  • List basic mechanics of the PPS, APM adjustments to PPS, and how these are evolving for FQHCs
  • Describe the HCP-LAN APM Framework, including each payment category, and concrete examples of how these payment categories may be reflected in an FQHC contracting environment
  • Understand what capacity and infrastructure FQHCs must have in order to be successful in each payment category 
  • Recall the current state of FQHC contracting, including case studies of FQHC APMs 
  • Explain what to consider as their health center develops a payer negotiation strategy 
  • Evaluate payer contracts
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Acknowledgements

This resource collection was cultivated and developed by the HITEQ team with valuable suggestions and contributions from HITEQ Project collaborators.

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