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Issue Brief: Transitional Care Management (TCM) Services
In a recent VSSL Volumes Issue Brief, VSSL member Dr. Leah Marcotte and UW Internal Medicine resident Dr. Carly Hudelson (a 2019-2020...
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Integrating Palliative Care Into the Oncology Care Model via Clinical Pathways
In a recent article, UW Internal Medicine resident Dr. Nikita Vashi and VSSL Director Dr. Joshua Liao discussed ways to use clinical...
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In Search of Value: Grand Rounds with VSSL Director
On November 14, VSSL Director Dr. Joshua Liao delivered University of Washington Department of Medicine Grand Rounds via a presentation...
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VSSL Voices: Gaining Exposure to Health Systems Work During Residency
In this installment of our “VSSL Voices” series -- which features team members, friends, and supporters of the Lab -- we learned more...
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MIPS Value Pathways: A Worthy Effort, but More Cost Measures Needed for Success
In Health Affairs blog, VSSL team member Dr. Joshua Liao and VSSL Policy and Care Delivery Immersive participant Sophie Miller wrote an...
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What Medical Residents and Fellows Think About the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
In a recent publication in the Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, VSSL member Dr. Joshua Liao and colleagues report...
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The Shift Towards Measuring Low-Value Care: What Can We Learn from Decades Measuring Quality?
There is wide recognition that promoting healthcare value involves decreasing ‘low-value’ services—care without clinical benefit, little...
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What Happens When Hospitals "Co-participate" in Multiple Value-Based Payment Models At the Same Tim?
As value-based payment models continue to scale up nationwide, the issue of "co-participation" -- i.e., situations in which provider...
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Publication: Pathways to Support Population-Based Payment Models
Clinical pathways can be a key strategy for succeeding in value-based payment models. However, in contrast to their place in inpatient...
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In the News: Discharge to Home vs SNF?
In the lead story of its September 2019 issue, the American College of Physicians Hospitalist describes how few tools and competing...
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In the News: When Value-Based Payment Models Overlap
Modern Healthcare recently published an article -- featured online and in print -- about the issue of overlap between new, value-based...
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VSSL Voices: New Role with the HCA
VSSL member Christopher Chen, MD, MBA recently transitioned from his existing role as Hospitalist and Medical Director of Value...
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Publication: Overlap between Voluntary Bundled Payments and Accountable Care Organizations
Accountable care organization programs (ACOs) and bundled payments represent prominent nationwide value-based payment models, but the...
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Publication: Advancing Bundled Payments Through Radiation Oncology Episodes
In this week's Health Affairs blog, VSSL team member Dr. Joshua Liao was senior author on an article about Medicare's newly proposed...
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Publication: Professionalism as the Bedrock of High-Value Care
In the journal Academic Medicine, VSSL team member Dr. Leah Marcotte lead-authored an article arguing that professionalism can be a key...
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Introducing: VSSL Views
Health systems play an integral role in the nationwide shift towards value-based payment and care. In particular, they must evaluate and...
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