Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins is convening with health plans, health systems, policymakers and patients to further high-value care, according to a document shared with Becker’s on Nov. 7.
“The purpose of this convening proposal is to create sustainable improvements in healthcare value by aligning and synergizing the work of health systems, health plans and policymakers,” the grant application said. “We will bring together experts to collaboratively design meaningful metrics that increase quality, safety and value.”
The initiative, called Providers, Health Plans, Policymakers and Patients Aligned in Care Transformation, consists of three work groups. One will address hospital quality and process-based metrics, another will tackle ambulatory value-based care performance metrics and the third will focus on resource utilization management rules. Johns Hopkins Health Plan’s chief medical officer and associate chief medical officer are among the program’s leaders.
“Participants will be identified through connections between Hopkins faculty and federal and state governments, healthcare payers and systems, and medical associations, patient advocacy groups, foundations, and funding agencies,” the program’s synopsis said.
Starting Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C., Johns Hopkins will host meetings for experts to convene. Johns Hopkins expects PACT groups to produce white papers and share findings at an upcoming summit.
“Fragmentation of the U.S. healthcare system has led to too many measures, many of which are not aligned with ideal practice, and a continued misalignment of financial incentives and care improvement,” the statement said.
The new effort stems from seven years of national conferences run by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s High Value Practice Alliance.
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