id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-030771-0x0d56fb Sorenson, Corinna Building A Better Health Care System Post-Covid-19: Steps for Reducing Low-Value and Wasteful Care 2020-08-21 .txt text/plain 2813 141 48 The upheaval in the provision of routine health care caused by the Covid-19 pandemic offers an unprecedented opportunity to reduce low-value care significantly with concurrent efforts from providers and health systems, payers, policymakers, employers, and patients. The coming months offer a unique and critical window for providers and health systems, and the stakeholders who support and interact with them, to take short-and long-term steps to reduce waste and build a better system that prioritizes high-quality, high-value care. • Code sets or specifications to measure a range of low-value care services in Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial claims data Leveraging alternative care pathways and care sites, such as telehealth, home-based care, and community-based care, can also help keep patients out of the ED and provide alternatives to lowvalue and wasteful care. Policymakers should create opportunities for providers, health systems, and payers to pilot innovative models that reduce low-value care and reflect the new Covid-19 reality, integrating telehealth and a wider range of health care professionals. ./cache/cord-030771-0x0d56fb.txt ./txt/cord-030771-0x0d56fb.txt