Thursday, October 8, 2009
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. EDT

Audio

Click here [MP3, 55.5 megs] to listen to the webinar that was held on October 8, 2009. (Depending on your connection, this may take a few moments to download.)

Handout and Related Resources

Click here to listen to a related QI audiofile or podcast on Does Pay for Performance Impact Your Practice?

Click here to download the handout [PDF] .

Click here to view and print related QI issue brief on "Pay-For-Performance(P4P): Evaluating Current and Future Implications" [PDF].

Webinar Overview

The current U.S. healthcare environment is short on quality and long on costs. The concept of value-based purchasing seeks to address this problem by asserting that buyers should hold providers of health care accountable for both cost and quality of care. Pay-for-performance (P4P), a type of value-based purchasing, provides an incentive-based reimbursement system that rewards top performers. P4P is already in use in managed care and in some hospitals. This presentation will explore the basic premise of P4P, review current P4P models, and discuss how pharmacists can best prepare for and participate in this new model.

Learning Objectives

• Review the basic concepts of pay-for-performance and value-based purchasing as they apply to the healthcare environment.
• Provide examples of current pay-for-performance and value-based purchasing models.
• Outline key strategies that can assist pharmacy in successfully aligning with pay-for-performance requirements.

Faculty

Steven M. Riddle, B.S. Pharm, BCPS
Medication Utilization and Quality Improvement Pharmacist
Harborview Medical Center Pharmacy Services
Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Seattle, Washington

Steven M. Riddle, B.S. Pharm, BCPS, is the quality improvement and medication utilization pharmacist for Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, part of University of Washington Medical Centers. Mr. Riddle is also Program Director for HMC Smoke-Free, Harborview Medical Center’s tobacco cessation program. Mr. Riddle serves as a consultant for Qualis Health, Washington State’s quality improvement organization, on disease state management and medication safety issues. Mr. Riddle currently acts as a representative for the American College of Clinical Pharmacists on the Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) where he serves as Co-Chair for the Communication and Education Workgroup. He also serves ASHP on the CMS-appointed Hospital Outpatient Quality Measures Technical Expert Panel.

He is a graduate of Washington State University and has pharmacy experience in a variety of clinical practice settings, including internal medicine, critical care, bone marrow transplant, renal transplant, and a variety of ambulatory clinic environments.  Mr. Riddle is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and lectures frequently on medication management systems, medication therapy management (MTM) and quality improvement. Mr. Riddle’s specific professional interests are preventive medicine and health care system redesign. He is a member of ASHP, ACCP and WSPA and supports these association’s goals of integrating and expanding pharmacy practice to improve patient care.

Methods and Format

This is a live web-based activity consisting of audio, presentation slides, and an activity evaluation tool. This activity is provided free of charge.

Informational Webinar

This is an informational webinar only. Continuing pharmacy education credit is not available for this activity.

Target Audience

This symposium will be beneficial for health-system pharmacists with an administrative, clinical, or distributive practice and all pharmacists with an interest in quality improvement.

Disclosure Statements

ASHP requires that all individuals involved in the development of program content disclose their relevant financial relationships and that conflicts of interest be identified and resolved prior to delivery of the activity.

The faculty and planners report the following relationships:

• Dr. Riddle reports no relationships pertinent to this activity
• Ms. Thomas reports no relationships pertinent to this activity

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