University of Houston

Value-Based Care Specialization

University of Houston

Value-Based Care Specialization

Learn About Value-Based Care. Learn the fundamentals and real-world application of value-based care that has become integral to improving outcomes in health care. Explore the power of effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients that leads to a partnership focused on quality care.

Sara G. McNeil
Lechauncy Woodard
Susie Gronseth

Instructors: Sara G. McNeil

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Beginner level

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at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Prepare healthcare clinicians and administrators for Value-Based Care (VBC) reimbursement and operating models.

  • Explore the power of effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients that leads to a partnership focused on quality care.

  • Develop an understanding of your individual responsibility to lead from where you are to advance a culture of collaboration focused on VBC.

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Specialization - 7 course series

What you'll learn

  • What value-based care is and why it is important

  • How the U.S. healthcare system has evolved

  • What quality is and how is it measured in healthcare

Skills you'll gain

Category: Value-Based Care
Category: Medicare
Category: Managed Care
Category: Medicaid
Category: Healthcare Industry Knowledge
Category: Systems Of Measurement
Category: Health Systems
Category: Health Policy
Category: Primary Care
Category: Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

What you'll learn

  • Identify the determinants and outcomes of population health.

  • Describe the impact of social determinants of health/health-related social needs and behavioral health on population health.

  • Describe the relationship between population health management and the fundamental premise of Value-Based Care   

Skills you'll gain

Category: Chronic Diseases
Category: Social Determinants Of Health
Category: Value-Based Care
Category: Health Equity
Category: Health Promotion
Category: Public Health
Category: Health Policy
Category: Health Care
Category: Community Health
Category: Geriatrics
Category: Health Education
Category: Health Disparities
Category: Health Assessment
Category: Health Systems

What you'll learn

  • Describe the importance of managing office-based processes for improving patient outcomes and experience, as well as clinical quality.

  • Describe the importance of managing supporting functions for improving patient outcomes and experience, as well as clinical quality.

  • Formulate a basic understanding of the relationship between managing processes and supporting functions to improve patient outcomes and experience.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Case Management
Category: Value-Based Care
Category: Chronic Diseases
Category: Preventative Care
Category: Patient-centered Care
Category: Medical Management
Category: Data Management
Category: Practice Management
Category: Public Health and Disease Prevention
Category: Utilization Management
Category: Health Informatics
Category: Electronic Medical Record
Category: Care Management
Category: Primary Care
Category: Health Education
Category: Public Health
Category: Interoperability

What you'll learn

  • Explain fee-for-service medical coding and payment mechanisms and why fee-for-service leads to higher costs without clearly improving outcomes.

  • Describe the range of value-based payment options from the HCP-LAN Alternative Payment Model framework.

  • Describe the importance of risk adjustment, quality scores, and patient satisfaction measures in value-based care contracts.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Value-Based Care
Category: CPT Coding
Category: ICD Coding (ICD-9/ICD-10)
Category: Medical Billing
Category: Public Health
Category: Payment Systems
Category: Health Education
Category: Health Systems
Category: Medicare
Category: Risk Management
Category: Medical Coding
Category: Patient Safety
Category: Health Care
Category: Health Policy
Category: Managed Care

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Governance
Category: Value-Based Care
Category: Organizational Structure
Category: Care Coordination
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Business Transformation
Category: Organizational Effectiveness
Category: Expense Management
Category: Health Care Administration
Category: Health Informatics

What you'll learn

  • Formulate an understanding of the relationship between using a PDSA cycle for quality improvement and the fundamental premise of value-based care.

  • Articulate the importance of organizational effectiveness in transitioning to and maintaining a value-based care organization.

  • Articulate the importance of building a high-performing care team for achieving quality improvement in healthcare.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Category: Value-Based Care
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Health Care
Category: Health Education
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Diversity Awareness
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Teamwork
Category: Care Management
Category: Public Health
Category: Health Care Administration

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Portfolio Management
Category: Peer Review
Category: Healthcare Project Management
Category: Value-Based Care
Category: Communication
Category: Team Oriented
Category: Quality Improvement
Category: Active Listening
Category: Program Development
Category: Constructive Feedback

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Instructors

Sara G. McNeil
University of Houston
8 Courses 87,772 learners
Lechauncy Woodard
University of Houston
5 Courses 36,497 learners
Susie Gronseth
University of Houston
7 Courses 17,944 learners

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