Value-Based Care Learning Collaborative
Improve Quality, Outcomes, and Value in Health Care
We invite you to join our year-long learning collaborative where you will learn about Medicaid value-based payment (VBP) arrangements in the District of Columbia, how these VBP programs can help improve your practice’s financial stability, and how to work toward improving care and outcomes tied to payment.
Introduction Webinar
Track 1
Pediatric Care: Well-child Visits
Preventive care is critical for children’s health and development. Well-child visits at recommended ages promote immunizations, parent education, and early detection and treatment of disease, contributing to better outcomes and lower overall healthcare costs. However, missed or delayed well-child visits occur and raise the risk for adverse outcomes.
Track 2
Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions: Potentially Preventable Admissions
Preventable hospitalizations are common and costly for both patients and payers. Many conditions, from acute infections to chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes, can be managed in primary care settings. Using quality improvement strategies, primary care practices can address these conditions more effectively and efficiently, and at a lower cost.
Track 3
Maternity Care: Timeliness of Prenatal and Postpartum Care
Preventing complications during and after pregnancy and reducing disparities in outcomes requires quality care that starts in the first trimester and continues for at least a year after the pregnancy ends. Timely care promotes healthier habits and earlier identification of risk factors, such as high blood pressure, postpartum depression, substance use disorder, and health-related social needs, that can impact the health and wellbeing of women and infants.
Who Should Join?
This learning collaborative is ideal for Medicaid providers interested but not participating in VBP with a Medicaid managed care plan and those Medicaid providers already participating in VBP with a managed care plan.
What Can I Expect?
Participants will receive tailored assistance over four learning cycles, leveraging 1:1 training, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and interactive virtual and in-person group sessions.
Why Join?
The Learning Collaborative will support your ability to achieve success in VBP arrangements by:
- Increasing your understanding of the payment mechanisms and quality metrics in your arrangements.
- Enhancing your ability to work as a care team and with your network.
- Learning about best practices to improve care for measures that matter to your patient population and value-based payment.
- Sharing challenges and best practices with your peers and with managed care plans.
- Identifying opportunities to spread these learnings to other VBP metrics for improved overall performance.
How Do I Join?
June 11 – July 30, 2024 Enroll
Before applying, please review the introductory webinar here for a comprehensive overview of the Learning Collaborative to understand how it will benefit your practice and expectations for participation.
Then, complete the application form here to select your chosen track and to confirm your commitment.
For questions and/or assistance, please contact us at support@integratedcaredc.com.
What Are the Four Learning Cycles?
July-September 2024: Learning Cycle 1 – Plan
Action: Create a quality improvement (QI) plan for your practice in your chosen track.
July 30, 2024
Virtual Session 1
Team engagement and QI logic models
- Track 1: Pediatric Care | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Track 2: Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions | 2:00 -3:00 pm
- Track 3: Maternity Care | 12:00 – 1:00 pm
August 29, 2024
Virtual Session 2
Best practices to improve your selected measure.
- Track 1: Pediatric Care | 12:00 – 1:00 pm
- Track 2: Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Track 3: Maternity Care | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
September 5, 2024
Office Hours
Complete your logic model and develop your QI plan.
- Track 1: Pediatric Care | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Track 2: Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Track 3: Maternity Care | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Early October 2024
In-Person Work Sessions by Track
We invite you to attend all three tracks!
- Get feedback on your logic model and tips for engaging teams and anticipating barriers.
October-December 2024: Learning Cycle 2 – Implement
Action: Test your QI strategies, monitor progress using data, and identify barriers.
Multiple Dates
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Webinars and 1:1 support to enhance your success.
Early January 2025
In-Person Work Session by Track
We invite you to attend all three tracks!
- Share your progress and get feedback from peers. Plan for sustainability and spread.
January-March 2025: Learning Cycle 3 – Improve & Ingrain
Action: Monitor, assess, adjust, and re-test. Build your plan for sustainability.
Multiple Dates
- Webinars and 1:1 support to enhance your success.
April 2025
Virtual Peer Sharing by Track
We invite you to attend all three tracks!
- Share your progress and get feedback from your peers.
April-June 2025: Learning Cycle 4 – Sustain & Report
Action: Test and refine, hold the gains, and share results.
Multiple Dates
- Webinars and 1:1 support to enhance your success.
Early June 2025
In-Person Report-Outs by Track
We encourage you to attend all three tracks!
- Share successes and lessons learned and review aggregated results.
Subject Matter Experts
Here to guide and support your VBP quality improvement journey:
Kelli Stannard, BSN, RN, Pediatric Care Subject Matter Expert and Track Lead
“I enjoy working with programs that are seeking innovative ways to improve child health outcomes, especially using quality improvement to drive projects that will have a lasting and collective impact. Using the Learning Collaborative approach is exciting because teams get to work together and learn alongside each other, which leads to wonderful discoveries and impactful work, both at the individual and organizational level.”
Melita Ellis King MD, MA, Care of Acute and Chronic Conditions Subject Matter Expert and Track Lead
“I am excited to lead this track because as a primary care provider, I am constantly looking for ways to improve how we provide care to patients while keeping them at the center of what and why we make changes in healthcare. This project will give me the chance to continue being part of the solution and to innovate and impact improvements to how we provide care.”
Elizabeth Wolff, MD, MPA, Maternal Care Subject Matter Expert and Track Lead
“I went into family medicine to care for women across their reproductive lives and address the needs of their families. The struggle to improve maternal health outcomes in D.C. is multifaceted, and an important component is ensuring high-quality, timely pre and postnatal care.”
Reem Sharaf, LICSW, MSW, Maternal and Pediatric Care Subject Matter Expert and Project Lead Support
“As a licensed clinical social worker and former trauma therapist, I’m passionate about prevention and early intervention work in improving outcomes for women, children, and their families. I look forward to engaging with and supporting change makers and thought leaders in the District of Columbia to strategize on and facilitate evidence-based solutions for their service communities.”
Jodi Pekkala, MPH. Quality Improvement Subject Matter Expert and Project Lead
“I’m looking forward to this opportunity to continue to provide technical assistance and support to providers in the District of Columbia. Value-based payment is a mechanism to support high-performance patient care, and I’m proud to support provider organizations in increasing their understanding of VBP and quality improvement to better support their patients and providers.”
