MIAMI BEACH—Adjusting to the new nationwide emphasis on value-based medicine, especially in large academic medical centers, is proving to be a lengthy—and painful—ordeal, but physician leaders offered guidance at the Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, citing experiences at their own centers as examples.
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Douglas Girod, MD, executive vice president at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, offered a reminder that the driver of the emphasis on value is the Affordable Care Act of 2010, which includes five major aims: expansion of coverage through Medicaid and exchanges; insurance market reform with required coverage; payment and delivery reform; quality and safety improvement; and better control of costs.