Payment reform and the rapid transition to telehealth is forcing medical practices to transform many aspects of how they deliver care.
Navigating Value-Based Payment
Quality Payment Program
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP) transition from a fee-for-service payment system toward a system that rewards value. ACP provides expansive information, resources, and news on the subject.
- Delivery and Payment Models
Providing detailed information on new health care delivery and payment systems with the intent of improving outcomes and decreasing cost, such as patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations.
- Physician and Practice Timeline
Keep abreast of upcoming important dates related to a variety of regulatory, payment, and delivery system changes and requirements. Text alerts available.
Practice Redesign Support
- ACP Advance
This comprehensive quality improvement program is designed to engage and empower clinicians to achieve meaningful and sustained improvement in quality and patient outcomes. The program is supported by a step-wise, practical QI curriculum, physician coaching and peer-to-peer learning opportunities, practice assessment tools, and other resources. Benefits include MOC & CME Points.
- High Value Care
These resources were created by ACP to help you implement High Value Care principles into your practice and focus on optimal diagnostic and treatment strategies, based upon considerations of value, effectiveness, and avoidance of overuse and misuse.
- Telehealth Guidance & Resources
Technology has changed how medical care is provided. While many changes are the result of the public health emergency, the fact is that the use of telehealth will continue to be a major mode of care long into the future.
- Patient-Centered Specialty Practices
The College recognizes that involvement of subspecialty/specialty practices and the rest of the medical neighborhood are critical to ensure that the PCHM model provides effective and efficient care coordination and integration.
Lessons from the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPi)
The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPi) was launched by CMS in 2015 to help clinicians get ready for value-based payment by providing free tools, resources and coaching to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. ACP was a TCPi grantee.
These resources and inspirational videos were developed as part of the TCPi to help practices learn from others about quality improvement efforts to create a more effective, efficient and patient-centered healthcare system.
Quality Improvement Testimonials
Reflections on Practice Transformation
Learn how ACP members around the country transformed their practices to provide more patient-centered, value-based care. Watch the brief personal accounts of ACP members' success stories, implementation strategies, and the benefits they are experiencing for both physicians and patients. (Each video is less than 2 minutes long.)
TCPi Power Packs
TCPi Power Packs were developed by ACP and other grantees with input from CMS to address specific challenges that a practice might face as it begins the process of clinical practice transformation. Power Packs provide real life examples of practice transformation and actionable solutions to resolve healthcare challenges.
Six priority topics include:
- Sustainable Business Operations
- Joy in Work and Satisfaction
- Understanding Data
- Evidence-Based Care
- Care-Coordination
- Person and Family Engagement
Webinars
Patient and Family Engagement Webinar Series Recordings - Three-part webinar series on key PFE topics: Health Literacy, Collaborative Medication Management, and Patient and Family Engagement.
Leadership Academy QI Webinar Series Recordings - Three-part webinar series that explores the whys and hows of using quality improvement efforts to improve patient outcomes.
ACP SAN Clinical Webinar Series Recordings - This four-part webinar series on key clinical topics, including diabetes, hypertension, and opioid management, was developed by the ACP Support and Alignment Network to promote and augment several new or newly updated ACP Practice Advisor modules.
Learn more about Practice Transformation challenges and successes in the Annals of Family Medicine supplement on "."