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Third Iteration of Groundbreaking Physician Value Study (PVS 3.0) Identifies Significant Opportunities to Improve Health Care Value in Wisconsin
Studies have shown a substantial amount of heath care expenditures are for unnecessary or harmful care. A significant amount of this health care spending could be eliminated by improving physicians’ performance – even marginally. Benchmarking the real world results accomplished by better performers, with the goal of spurring adoption of the approaches they have taken to patient care, can lead to enhancements in value across the state.
As part of its mission to explore strategies to contain health care costs, the Business Health Care Group (BHCG), with generous support from sponsors Gates Ventures, Centivo, Baird and HPS/PayMedix, commissioned a study to evaluate the value of care provided by physicians throughout Wisconsin. As with previous versions of the Physician Value Studies, PVS 3.0 demonstrated the potential for substantial cost savings and quality improvement through enhanced physician performance. BHCG believes it is essential to make these results available publicly as a means to broaden awareness and encourage utilization of the results.
BHCG invites you to one of a series of public events to be held from June 11 – June 13 in multiple locations across the state, with an option for virtual attendance. The events will share the results of PVS 3.0. The study, using claims data available from the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO):
- Assessed the comparative cost-efficiency and quality of care provided by Primary Care Physicians (PCPs) and the comparative cost-efficiency of specialists who performed 11 high volume procedures.
- Supports health system performance improvement by making health system-specific and physician-specific results available to provider groups through WHIO.
- Informs employer benefit program design to support better health care decision-making, particularly with respect to the steerage of patients to higher-value providers.
- Is used by Centivo to continually enhance its high-performance, primary care-centered health plan exclusively for BHCG member employers.
- Makes use of newly available data on Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) to understand the impact on differences in physician performance. SDoH data was not available for prior versions of the study and adds new insights into V3.0.
Presentations by:
- Jeffrey Kluever, Executive Director, BHCG
- Dave Osterndorf, BHCG Strategic Consultant and Centivo Chief Actuary
- Earl Steinberg, MD, MPP, Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University; QC Health, LLC
Location:
Rockwood Terrace
1065 Lombardi Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54304
Date & Time:
Friday, June 13, 2025 (virtual option available)
8:30-9:00 AM (CDT): Registration
9:00-11:00 AM: Program
We strongly encourage in-person attendance; however, a virtual option is available. This event is open to anyone and free to attend. Please feel free to share this page with others that you think may have an interest in joining us.
For more information or if you have any questions, contact Jennifer LaMere at jlamere@BHCGWI.org or 262-875-3312 x2.
