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Author Archives: VCHI Podcasts
Episode 9: Clinical Leader Profile – Ballad Health is off to a strong start with PICC line reductions
In this episode, Smarter Care Virginia team member Steve Horan, PhD, CEO of Community Health Solutions, chats with members of Ballad Health's Smarter Care leadership team about their great success so far in reducing PICC line insertion for late stage CKD patients.
Continue readingEpisode 8: Clinical Leader Profile – How Virginia Care Partners is delivering value with the right incentives and a data-friendly culture
Summary: In this episode, Smarter Care Virginia team member Steve Horan, PhD, CEO of Community Health Solutions, chats with Gerard Filicko, . Gerard is the lead for VCP’s Smarter Care Virginia work. Gerard shares how VCP’s culture and ongoing improvement efforts have helped them get off to a good start. Additionally, Steve and Gerard discuss […]
Continue readingEpisode 7: Clinical Leader Profile – How Inova is using Smarter Care to level up their low-value care reduction initiatives
Summary: In this episode, Smarter Care Virginia team member Steve Horan, PhD, CEO of Community Health Solutions, chats with Drs. Neeta Goel, Warren Levy, and Tushar Patel with Inova and Signature Partners. Dr. Goel is the lead for their organizations participation in Smarter Care Virginia. She and her colleagues give us a peek into how […]
Continue readingEpisode 6: Clinical Leader Profile – Digging into the data with Sentara Quality Care Network
Summary: This is the first episode in a series of profiles featuring our Smarter Care Virginia clinical leaders. In this episode, Smarter Care Virginia team member Steve Horan, PhD, CEO of Community Health Solutions, chats with Dr. Moss Mendelson (Sentara Quality Care Network) and Kyle Russell (Virginia Health Information). Dr. Mendelson and Kyle share how […]
Continue readingEpisode 5: Health plan actions to address low-value care
In this episode VCHI President & CEO, Beth Bortz talks with her fellow National Task Force on Low-Value Care member, Dr. John Keats. Dr. Keats and Beth discuss the role health plans can play in reducing low-value care. Dr. Keats shares how Cigna has led in this work through a number of initiatives, including policy changes around Vitamin D screening.
Continue readingEpisode 4: How the Commonwealth is prioritizing the reduction of low-value care
Summary: In this episode, VCHI’s President & CEO Beth Bortz chats with Secretary Daniel Carey, MD about how the commonwealth is prioritizing the reduction of low-value health services. Secretary Carey is currently a Vice Chair of VCHI’s board and is co-chair of the Smarter Care Virginia Employer Task Force. Our Guest: Secretary Daniel Carey, MD […]
Continue readingEpisode 2: Influencing clinicians to change their behavior around low-value health services
Summary: In this episode, Smarter Care Virginia lead evaluator, Dr. John Mafi speaks with SCV faculty member, Dr. Howard Beckman about the best communication strategies to utilize in order to influence clinicians to change their behavior around low-value health services. Our Guests: John N. Mafi, MD, MPH is an assistant professor of medicine in the […]
Continue readingEpisode 1: Opportunities to realign healthcare spending around value during the COVID 19 pandemic and beyond
In this episode, Smarter Care Virginia team member Steve Horan, PhD, CEO of Community Health Solutions, chats with Dr. Fendrick about the opportunities to realign healthcare spending around value during the COVID 19 pandemic and beyond.
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