CVRP: Identifying Quality in Cardiovascular Care May 28, 2010
Posted by Andrea M. Russo, MD, FACC, FHRS in Health Policy.Tags: CVRP, Practice management, Quality & outcomes
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As health care evolves from a system based on “volume” to one based on “value,” practices will need a mechanism to show their commitment to continuous quality improvement.
How do you integrate quality into your practice?
To address this question, the Heart Rhythm Society is collaborating with cardiovascular medical societies to develop Cardiovascular Practice Recognition Program (CVRP).
The CVRP is designed to:
- Establish relevant goals for cardiovascular specialists and their practices;
- Provide a road map to guide performance improvement strategies; and
- Create standardization by creating a methodology for how cardiovascular practices are assessed and recognized.
CVRP will promote quality improvement by raising the performance of all providers and enhancing access to high-quality cardiovascular care. CVRP will apply performance measures with scientific validity developed through a recognized development and endorsement process. CVRP assessment, recognition, and reporting will occur at the practice level, and all individual physicians within the practice will be included in the practice assessment. Individual practices will receive feedback to encourage further performance improvement.
More information about the CVRP can be found at:
How do we Define a High Quality Electrophysiologist? March 3, 2010
Posted by Andrea M. Russo, MD, FACC, FHRS in Health Policy.Tags: CVRP, Quality & outcomes, Reimbursement
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The current practice environment is rapidly changing for all cardiovascular practitioners, including electrophysiologists, and these changes affect reimbursement for health care delivery.
As we move away from a fee-for-service to a pay-for-performance model of reimbursement, public and private payers are motivated to improve quality while controlling costs. To this end, many payers are developing mechanisms to identify quality physicians through specialty designation programs or tiered networks. (more…)
Heart Rhythm Society
Laurie Racenet, RN, MSN, ANP
Michael Giudici, MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS
Heather M. Ross, DNP, ANP-BC, CCDS, CEPS, FHRS
Anne Dubin, MD, FHRS
John D. Day, MD, FHRS
Andrea M. Russo, MD, FACC, FHRS
Joshua M. Cooper, MD, FACC
Amit J. Shanker, MD, FHRS, FACC
Bruce Stambler, MD
David Wiggins, RN, BS BME, CEPS
Fred M. Kusumoto, MD, FHRS
Leonard Ganz, MD, FHRS
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Craig Delaughter, MD, PhD
Ariana Del Negro, Heart Rhythm 2010 Quality
Peng-Sheng Chen, MD, FHRS
MSKremers MD,FHRS
Ann C. Garlitski, MD, FACC, FHRS
Alan Cheng, MD, FHRS
Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green, MD
Christopher Clyne, MD, FHRS
Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH, FHRS
David Scher, MD, FHRS
Sanjay Deshpande, MD, FHRS
