ACP receives Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative award
ACP will support 30,000 physicians in expanding their quality improvement capacity, learning from one another, and achieving common goals of improved care, better health, and reduced cost.
ACP is one of 39 health care collaborative networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, which was announced on Sept. 29 by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell.
ACP will receive up to $3 million over 4 years to provide technical assistance support to help equip clinicians across the U.S. with tools, information, and network support needed to improve quality of care, increase patients' access to information, and spend health care dollars more wisely.
As a Support and Alignment Network, ACP will support 30,000 physicians in expanding their quality improvement capacity, learning from one another, and achieving common goals of improved care, better health, and reduced cost. The network will provide ACP Practice Advisor modules created specifically to help participating clinicians meet the initiative's phases of transformation and associated milestones, as well as clinical and operational results.
These awards are part of a comprehensive strategy advanced by the Affordable Care Act that enables new levels of coordination, continuity, and integration of care while transitioning volume-driven systems to value-based, patient-centered, health care services. The strategy builds upon successful models and programs such as the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Organization Program, Partnership for Patients with Hospital Engagement Networks, and accountable care organizations.
More information on the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative is online.