Virtue Value-Based Curriculum
Concrete techniques for realizing value-based care
Designed from the ground up to teach providers and organizations how to actually achieve the goals of value-based care — the only curriculum of its kind.
The course catalog
Six modules, one certification
Broken into absorbable components — each with an estimated time and a clear way to complete it — so providers and organizations learn at an effective pace. Used by every organization in the Virtue family and applied in ACO value-based contracts.
Foundations of value-based care
What value-based care really means — and why the value of human life is the concept every cost discussion must be derivative of.
Est. ~1.5 hrs · self-pacedCompletion: Foundations knowledge checkAvoidable hospitalizations
Concrete techniques to identify, prevent, and reduce avoidable hospitalizations and emergency department visits.
Est. ~2 hrs · self-pacedCompletion: Prevention case applicationAppropriate utilization
Practical frameworks for appropriate utilization — matching the severity of a condition to the right setting of care.
Est. ~2 hrs · self-pacedCompletion: Utilization case setCare coordination & transitions
Coordinating across primary care, specialists, and mobile providers so patients don't fall through the gaps.
Est. ~2 hrs · self-pacedCompletion: Transitions workflow exerciseScreening & prevention
Keeping necessary screenings on track across large patient panels — the quiet engine of better outcomes.
Est. ~1.5 hrs · self-pacedCompletion: Panel-management exerciseOutcomes & certification
Demonstrating results and completing the value-based certification recognized by organizations in value-based contracts.
Est. ~2.5 hrs · self-pacedCompletion: Final assessment → certification
Certification
The path to certification
The full curriculum culminates in a value-based certification — valuable to healthcare organizations that participate in value-based care contracts and are measured on outcomes.
Curriculum
Work through the six modules at your organization's pace — self-paced, absorbable components.
Assessment
Complete each module's knowledge checks and the final assessment across the full curriculum.
Certification
Earn the value-based certification — recognized by organizations measured on value-based outcomes.
Outcomes
Built to move the numbers that matter
Used across the Virtue family and applied in ACO value-based contracts, the curriculum targets the measures those contracts are judged on — expenditure across Medicare Part A–D, shared-savings rate, and RAF accuracy.
Medicare Part A
expenditure reduction
Medicare Part B
expenditure reduction
Medicare Part C
expenditure reduction
Medicare Part D
expenditure reduction
We publish quantified outcomes here only once they're cleared by our ACO partners.
Who uses the curriculum
The Virtue Value-Based Curriculum is used by every organization in the Virtue family:
Bring the curriculum to your organization
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