The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will award grants of $1.3 million to 16 different healthcare collaboratives as part of its Aligning Forces for Quality program, according to an RWJF news release.
This is the third phase of AF4Q, in which the 16 participating communities will develop and test models of value-based payment for healthcare services and continue to improve quality of care. The 16 communities include Albuquerque, N.M., Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Humboldt County, Calif., Kansas City, Mo., Maine, Memphis, Tenn., Minnesota, Oregon, Puget Sound, Wash., South Central Pennsylvania, West Michigan, Western New York and Wisconsin.
Over the next two years, the communities plan to expand the solutions they develop to other organizations to meet the goals of better value, greater transparency and improved care coordination.
The AF4Q initiative began in 2006 and focuses on engaging patients in their care, publicly reporting physician and hospital performance and improving the quality of care. RWJF provides resources, expertise and training to help organizations meet their quality goals. So far, RWJF has committed $300 million to healthcare quality improvement programs, primarily through AF4Q.
Read the RWJF release on Aligning Forces for Quality.
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