
David Johnson
@davidjohnson83
Clinical Asst Prof at UNC Urology & trying to improve the value of specialty healthcare in NC with BCBS. Former UCLA Uro-Onc/HSR Fellow, UNC urology resident.
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19-07-2009 03:19:41
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It can be hard to keep up with each new #COVID19 development. It feels like we have more questions than answers. I’m inspired by researchers everywhere who are searching for those answers, including my RAND colleagues Courtney Gidengil and Jennifer Huang Bouey.


Congrats Cone Health (THN), Duke Health, Duke Health Integrated Practice, UNC Health, @WakeHealth, WakeMed (WKCC), and Aledade affiliated practices! Together, we generated an est. $153 million in cost savings and improvements in the quality of care delivered in 2019. mediacenter.bcbsnc.com/news/blue-cros…

Excited for the launch of our condition-based, full-risk, total cost of care model to incentivize high quality, efficient, coordinated, patient-centered care for members with CKD and ESRD. Incredible team effort Blue Cross NC Jonathan O'Donnell bit.ly/2Yl3Ecf


Applying Upstream Problem-Solving to Value-Based Payment Reform in Specialty Care: Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina’s Approach Blue Cross NC Rahul Rajkumar ajmc.com/view/applying-…


Congrats Colton H. Walker, MD, MSCR! Welcome to the UNC family.

We announced Cityblock Health’s collab with Blue Cross NC in North Carolina last week. Very proud of our teams who stood up five new clinics where we will offer comprehensive primary, maternity & pediatric care! Some thoughts from local leadership! cityblockhealth.medium.com/north-carolina…

To succeed in value, specialty care providers & health systems need better/more transparent tools to understand the financial impact of modifiable clinical cost drivers under an entirely unfamiliar $ model UCLA Urology NCSP at UCLA ajmc.com/view/modeling-…

In their new blog, David Johnson, Jonathan O'Donnell, Meril Pothen, Von Nguyen, + Troy Smith from Blue Cross NC discuss the several models for commercial payers to adopt value-based payment for specialty care; their risks, accountability, + practices. bit.ly/3jdoDt0

Check out my discussion with Lawrence Kosinski on the trials, tribulations, and ongoing efforts to transition specialty care to a model that holds the healthcare system accountable for cost and quality. Thanks for inviting me on! soundcloud.com/hcnradio/the-s…

Implementing #ValueBasedCare must include reducing #HealthDisparities in care and ensuring #HealthEquity. Blue Cross NC describes its technique for identifying disparities in key categories of care: nej.md/3NGwprI David Johnson Ursa Health