Chartering Value ExchangesA “Value Exchange” is a multi-stakeholder organization that has taken clear action in its community to convene industry stakeholders and advance the four cornerstones of Value-Driven Health Care. Chartered Value Exchanges will be identified and selected by HHS. It is anticipated that a call for interested “Community Leader” organizations to apply to become Chartered Value Exchanges will be posted twice a year. Interested applicants will submit a written narrative detailing their capacity, or plans to develop the capacity, to fulfill a number of required criteria. These include: - Being recognized by HHS as a Community Leader;
- Active engagement with critical stakeholders in the community;
- Having non-profit organization status, with staff or consultant expertise;
- Demonstrated financial sustainability;
- Facilitating the collection of provider-level measurements across the six Institute Of Medicine performance domains (safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, patient-centered care);
- Using (or promoting the use of) performance measures for:
- Public reporting of costs and consumer assessments
- Rewarding and fostering better performance
- Improvement by providers
- Use of interoperable health information technologies
- Fostering collaboration across multiple stakeholders and serving as a hub for sharing information and dialogue;
- Supporting knowledge transfer and sharing lessons learned
- Conducting ongoing evaluation and improvement of efforts.
- Using national provider performance measures effectively.
Chartered Value Exchanges will be eligible to participate in a nation-wide Learning Network that will be sponsored and maintained by HHS’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The Learning Network will provide access to expert faculty, lessons about successful quality improvement, and consumer reporting. In addition, tools available will help with relationship management, and coalition building. Consultations will occur via in-person meetings, conference calls, and web-based communication and all materials will be web-based. Additional questions on this process may be directed to: Department of Health and Human Services Email: valuedriven@hhs.gov
Last revised: February 28, 2007 | 
