The Virginia Center for Health Innovation team is dedicated to publishing research and reports that provide Virginians with transparent and equitable access to information about Virginia’s health care delivery system and public health system on health care value and wellbeing.
Healthcare Resource Guide
The Virginia Healthcare Resource Guide was prepared and published by the Virginia Center for Health Innovation for the 2023-2024 Virginia General Assembly session to provide incoming legislators with a glossary of useful healthcare terms.
Choosing Wisely Virginia
In 2013, the Choosing Wisely (CW) initiative was launched by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation and Consumer Reports. Recognizing that overuse stems from both clinician and patient misinformation and economic disincentives to do less, CW has developed educational campaigns to inform clinicians and consumers about unnecessary tests and procedures through partnerships with consumer organizations and medical societies. With the advent of a state All-Payer Claims Database (APCD),Virginia became a national leader in showing healthcare systems and clinicians where unnecessary testing and procedures occur, who orders and performs these tests and procedures, and the characteristics of patients who have unnecessary care. Publications include Virginia Overall Reports for 2014 and 2015, and Virginia Low Value Services Reports for 2016 and 2017. The work of Choosing Wisely Virginia was continued with the Smarter Care Virginia initiative.
VCHI, in partnership with the Virginia Association of Health Plans, was selected to represent the Commonwealth as a Catalyst for Payment Reform Scorecard 2.0 sponsor. The goal of the Catalyst for Payment Reform’s Scorecard 2.0 is to help purchasers and other stakeholders in both the private and public sector track the nation’s progress on payment reform, as well as identify any high-level indicators of its impact on the cost and quality of health care.
Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey
The Altarum Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is designed to elicit respondents’ unbiased views on a wide range of health system issues, including confidence using the health system, financial burden and views on fixes that might be needed. Nationally, consumer worry about healthcare affordability is well documented, but the results of the Virginia CHESS offer insight on the specific concerns in the commonwealth. VCHI partnered with the Altarum Healthcare Value Hub in early 2019 to bring the CHESS to Virginia.