Aligning Incentives in Medicaid: How Colorado, Minnesota, and Vermont Are Reforming Care Delivery and Payment to Improve Health and Lower Costs

"Colorado, Minnesota, and Vermont are pioneering innovative health care payment and delivery system reforms. While the states are pursuing different models, all three are working to align incentives between health care payers and providers to better coordinate care, enhance prevention and disease management, reduce avoidable utilization and total costs, and improve health outcomes. Colorado and Minnesota are implementing accountable care models for Medicaid beneficiaries, while Vermont is pursuing multipayer approaches and moving toward a unified health care budget. This synthesis describes the common drivers of reform across the states, lessons learned, and opportunities for federal administrators to help shape, support, and promote expansion of promising state initiatives. It also synthesizes strategies and lessons for other states considering payment and delivery reforms. The accompanying case studies describe the states’ efforts in greater detail."  Click here to read the full case study.  [Source: The Commonwealth Fund]

[Webcast] Driving Patient Demand for Shared Decisions, Better Value, and Care Improvement

"On February 25-26, the Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care will host a workshop that will focus on:

• building insights and recognition on the necessity of increased patient, family, and citizen engagement in achieving better outcomes and lower costs in health care;
• exploring what has been learned about effective approaches for building patient demand and involvement in improving evidence, care, and value-including principles and barriers;
• considering strategies and policies for activities to be undertaken at multiple levels to advance patients, in partnership with providers, as leaders and drivers of care delivery improvement through the protected use of clinical data, informed, shared decisions, and value improvement; and
• identifying important research opportunities for developing the additional insights needed to accelerate progress."

Click here to register and.  More information about this workshop is available online as well.  [Source:  Institute of Medicine]

Colorado Health Care Payment Reform and Delivery System Redesign Inventory

To inform and advance the Triple Aim goals of improving health, enhancing health care quality, and achieving cost containment, the Center for Improving Value in Health Care developed a working document identifying payment reform strategies and delivery system redesign initiatives in Colorado that are in various stages of development and implementation.  Click here to read this document.

CIVHC Connect Meetings - Topic: Care Transitions and Palliative Care

CIVHC holds quarterly "CIVHC Connect" meetings to inform and engage stakeholders and interested parties about the status of our statewide initiatives. The next CIVHC Connect is dedicated to our Health Care Delivery System Redesign efforts specific to Care Transitions and Palliative Care. Don't miss this opportunity to learn what's happening across Colorado to reach the Triple Aim through coordinated, patient-centered delivery systems.

The meeting will be offered twice for convenience - July 10th 2-4pm (COPIC Founders Board Room) and again on July 18th 2-4pm (The Colorado Trust Sabin Room).

Register today (in-person space is limited, Webinar option available):

• July 10th, 2-4pm (COPIC, Founders Board Room)
• Webinar Registration or In-person RSVP , OR
   
• July 18th, 2-4pm (The Colorado Trust, Sabin Room)
• Webinar Registration or In-person RSVP 

Click here to view past CIVHC Connect presentations.