Refreshed Hospital-Level, ED-Based Episode Push Reports Coming Soon to Members
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
1w ago
The MVC Coordinating Center will soon distribute refreshed hospital-level versions of its push report utilizing emergency department-based episodes (“ED-based episodes”). MVC generated separate versions for acute care hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) with tailored comparison groups. In addition to reflecting more recent data across all included payers, these refreshed hospital-level reports differ from prior versions due to the addition of three high-volume ED conditions and the incorporation of Michigan Medicaid claims. Each page of the report is dedicated to a specific condit ..read more
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BMC2 Recognized as a 2023 Eisenberg Patient Safety & Quality Award Recipient by NQF, Joint Commission
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
1M ago
BMC2 (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium) has been recognized with the prestigious John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award in the Local Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality category. BMC2 has been honored for its remarkable improvements in the documentation of radiation use, a decrease in high-dose radiation exposure, and reduction in opioid pill prescribing rates. BMC2 is a statewide quality improvement collaborative that develops and administers a portfolio of quality improvement interventions for patients who undergo heart stenting, vascular s ..read more
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CQI Leader Selected as 2024 Presidential Leadership Scholar
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
1M ago
The Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQIs) will be represented in this year’s Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS) program, which invites 60 scholars to participate in a six-month, one-of-a-kind, bipartisan initiative focused on learning from the presidencies of George W. Bush, William J. Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson, and their administrations. Scholars are chosen from a highly competitive field and must undergo a rigorous application and review process. They are selected based on leadership growth potential and the strength of their personal leadership projects ..read more
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MVC Welcomes Faculty Advisor and Physician Nora Becker
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Nora Becker
2M ago
I am a primary care physician, health economist and health policy researcher, and Assistant Professor of General Medicine at the University of Michigan. I’m excited to join the MVC team as a faculty advisor. My research uses large administrative and financial databases to examine the bidirectional relationship between health and financial outcomes for patients. I obtained my Ph.D. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2015, and my M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2017. My doctoral dissertation demonstrated that the Affordable Ca ..read more
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MVC Reflects on Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Equity Opportunities in Healthcare
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
2M ago
On Monday, organizations large and small will honor the work and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His work has continued to inspire the country on issues such as equality, discrimination, and systemic racism. As the MVC Coordinating Center approaches this national holiday, we reflect on the continued relevance of one of Dr. King’s famous quotations about healthcare injustices: "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” Dr. King made this comment and others about healthcare discrimination in 1955, and yet almost 70 years later our healthcare sys ..read more
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MVC Coordinating Center Looking Back at 2023 and Forward to 2024
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Erin Conklin
2M ago
On behalf of the MVC Coordinating Center, I’d like to start by wishing you all a very happy and healthy new year! MVC had an outstanding 2023, which included celebrating our 10th anniversary and continued support of our hospital and physician organization members along with CQI partners. Throughout 2023, MVC welcomed three new hospital members to the collaborative, distributed 17 push reports, grew its analytic offerings by adding ED-based episodes of care, delivered 24 custom analytic requests, hosted 24 virtual workgroups across six focus areas, advanced both of its value coalition campaign ..read more
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MVC Celebrates Q4 Updates and Successes to Close Out 2023
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
3M ago
The Michigan Value Collaborative distributes a quarterly newsletter to highlight recent MVC events, reporting, partnerships, and member activity. The final newsletter of 2023 was emailed to subscribers this week and summarizes activities and accomplishments from Q4. First and foremost, the Coordinating Center is grateful to its members for their partnership throughout 2023 - MVC's 10th year in operation as a value-based Collaborative Quality Initiative. This was a special year for the MVC team as we celebrated key successes from the last decade (Figure 1). MVC also celebrated a new addition ..read more
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MVC Looks to the Future in Launch of Refreshed Strategy
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Mark Bradshaw
3M ago
You may have noticed MVC celebrating something special this year. If you haven’t guessed from our celebratory blogs, collaborative-wide meeting spotlights, and rather subtle email signatures, MVC is now 10 years old. It’s something as a Coordinating Center that we are incredibly proud of, and we thank each of you for your partnership in helping to grow the collaborative over the years. MVC’s evolution as a collaborative has been informed by continued member insights and driven by dedicated strategic planning and considered implementation. As we look ahead to the next 10 years of operation and ..read more
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MVC Announces Key Event Dates in 2024 Engagement Calendar
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
3M ago
The Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC) offers several opportunities for hospitals and physician organizations (PO) to collaborate and share best practices, from collaborative-wide meetings and workgroups to regional networking events and virtual webinars. MVC is thrilled to share its 2024 event calendar with a full list of currently scheduled events and registration links. Some events have yet to be scheduled for 2024, such as networking events or ad hoc webinars. Once scheduled, the 2024 calendar will be updated to include those dates and posted to the MVC events page. Collaborative-Wide Mee ..read more
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Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network Hosts In-Person Stakeholder Meeting at Trinity Health
Michigan Value Collaborative Blog
by Jana Stewart
4M ago
The Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC) and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Cardiovascular Consortium (BMC2) recently held a successful 2023 Fall Michigan Cardiac Rehab Network (MiCR) Stakeholder Meeting on Fri., Nov. 17. This was the second in-person MiCR Stakeholder Meeting since MVC and BMC2 founded the MiCR partnership in 2022. The meeting brought together 63 individuals representing 28 organizations and was co-hosted by Trinity Health Ann Arbor’s cardiac rehab team. The day’s agenda accounted for a variety of topics, including updates and material releases by the MiCR team, presentations and ..read more
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