RWJF Awards Four Grants For The Development Of Payment Reform Systems

On May 15, 2012, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced it had awarded four organizations grant funding to develop health care payment reform systems via the “Payment Reform Strategies for High Value Care” project. The four organizations are UPMC for You, a non-profit Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) operated by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Insurance Services Division; Pacific Business Group on Health; Oregon Primary Care Association; and State of Vermont, Green Mountain Care Board. The projects will seek to develop payment reforms that improve the quality of care provided to targeted populations. The RWJF sought . . .