Better health, costs: One practice ’s value-based care outcomes

< p > As the emphasis of U.S. health care shifts toward quality of care over quantity of services, physicians providing value-based care have been able to renew their focus on patients at the center of care. Find out how a practice in North Carolina successfully implemented and continued a value-based care model that both saved money and resulted in better health outcomes. < a href= " http://pluck.ama-assn.org/ver1.0/../static/images/store/8/15/88d0bd4e-7751-4fcf-bffd-25fa3467abec.Full.jpg?1 " target= " _blank " > < img src= " http://pluck.ama-assn.org/ver1.0/../static/images/store/8/15/88d0bd4e-7751-4fcf-bffd-25fa3467abec.Large.jpg?1 " style= " margin:15px;float:right; " / > < /a > < /p > < p > < strong > Why value-based care? < /strong > < /p > < p > Grace Terrell, MD, chief executive officer and president of Cornerstone Health Care in North Carolina, authored a < a href= " https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/value-based-care " rel= " nofollow " target= " _blank " > new module < /a > for the AMA ’s < a href= " https://www.stepsforward.org/modules " rel= " nofollow " target= " _blank " > STEPS Forward < /a > ™ collection of practice improvement strategies to help physicians prepare their practices for the transition to value-based care. < /p > < p > “As physicians, our primary focus should be on doing what’s in the best interest of our patients,” Dr. Terrell said. “And quite often the way that fee-for-service is set up, we’re not able to do that be...
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