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Value-based health care offers, in theory, an alternative form of health care delivery that would provide higher quality care at lower cost to those footing the bill. Putting VBC into practice has been a different story. Now, a collaboration of three major organizations has launched a campaign to address the barriers that have so far clipped VBC's wings.

AHIP, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) unveiled their barrier-busting strategy recently with the release of a playbook designed to work VBC adopters over and under the obstacles. The playbook–The Future of Value-Based Care and Payment–went public with the support of a half-hour webinar devoted to the first phase of implementation: data sharing.

In an introduction to the session, the three partners said:

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.