PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — A new healthcare partnership aims to achieve better healthcare outcomes for children.
Sentara Health Plans (SHP) and Virginia Children’s Care Network (VCCN) have announced a value-based care partnership to reduce avoidable healthcare events for people on Medicaid. The program is particularly focused on childhood immunizations and wellness visits.
“This innovative partnership is a recognition of both organizations’ commitment to advancing value-based care and shifting reimbursement models to those focused on quality and outcomes instead of volume of services performed,” said Robert Krebbs, Vice President of Network Management and Value Based Care for Sentara Health Plans. “From increasing immunization rates to removing barriers to well-child visits for pediatric patients, this reimbursement model aims to ensure Sentara Health Plans Medicaid members have access to the right care, at the right time and in the right place.”
One of the major goals of this program is to reduce the rise in childhood obesity rates.
“Quality underpins all that we do at CHoR,” said Elias Neujahr, president, CHoR. “Connecting our community colleagues through VCCN and its value-based partnerships enables us to bolster the health of children across the Commonwealth. From improving vaccination rates to stemming the rising tide of childhood obesity – we are unconditionally committed to partnering with our community to improve children’s health outcomes.”
Under this partnership agreement, VCCN will receive monthly funding from SHP to support the program. VCCN can receive additional based on annual quality outcomes.
