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Success in Value-Based Contracting—Using Evidence, Technology, and Data to Improve Outcomes and Eliminate Low-Value Care, Part 2
Experts from Optum, WellMed, and Reliant discuss strategies for bringing value-based payment into specialty care through the use of education and analytics.
In the latest Matters in Managed Care webinar, experts discussed how to improve outcomes and eliminate low-value care. They defined actions and practices that constitute wasted and harmful care, described how to rapidly translate high-quality evidence-based medicine into daily practice, recognized how to leverage technology, and more.
Ken Cohen, MD, FACP, senior medical director and executive director, clinical research national senior medicaldirector, Optum Care, moderated the panel with:
- Troy Comstock, MD, regional medical director, Florida WellMed Medical Management
- Dan Murrey, MD, MPP, chief medical officer, surgical care associates; president, OptumCare Specialty Practices
- Thad Schilling, MD, chief medical officer, Reliant Medical Group
In segment 2, they discussed refining the meaning of low-value care.
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