Value-Based vs. Values-Based Care

Original Air Date: December 12, 2023

CEU offered: 1.5 Learning CEU

Webinar Duration: 90 minutes

CE Instructors:

  • Darren Sush, PsyD, BCBA-D
  • Tom Frazier, PhD


Abstract:

This presentation will include brief content presentations by three speakers, each focused on how using a values-based approach can enhance the behavioral intervention field's transition into value-based care models. Specifically, presenters will describe what is meant by values and values-based care.

Presenters will describe ways to quantify value, including measurement approaches and domains of functioning (pillars of value) that can inform the value of behavioral intervention services. Speakers will also focus on helping to understand current knowledge in the field regarding what assessment information can be used to inform individual outcomes and hence can guide treatment strategy.

Presenters will also describe how optimization of value involves decreasing inefficiencies in the system as well as increasing the quality of care. 

Learning Objectives

  1. Participants will use the distinction between values-based care and value-based care as a guide to future assessment and intervention practice.
  2. Participants will understand and use the key domains of life and functioning and aspects of outcome measures in developing an outcome assessment strategy.
  3. Participants will use our current knowledge of what factors predict outcome in tailoring the intervention approach for individual patients.
  4. Using knowledge of inefficiencies in the current behavioral intervention assessment processes, participants can modify practices to increase standardization and quality of assessment while decreasing process inefficiencies.


Instructor(s)

Clinical Program Senior Manager, Cigna Darren Sush, PsyD, BCBA-D

Darren Sush, PsyD, BCBA-D is a licensed clinical psychologist and a board-certified behavior analyst (doctoral) with over 15 years of experience developing and participating in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services for children and adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and developmental disabilities. Dr. Sush is the Clinical Program Senior Manager with Cigna, leading the Autism/ABA Psychology Review team, and is the co-author of 'A Workbook of Ethical Case Scenarios in Applied Behavior Analysis'. He is an adjunct faculty member in the Behavioral Psychology program at Pepperdine University, and an associate professor in the ABA and Clinical Psychology programs at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, teaching doctoral and master’s courses in applied behavior analysis and psychology.

Tom Frazier

Dr. Frazier is a licensed clinical psychologist who received his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in 2004. He joined Cleveland Clinic in 2006 and from 2013-2017 was the director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism and the Lerner School providing assessment and behavioral intervention to children and young adults. In 2017, he was hired as the Chief Science Officer at Autism Speaks and is currently a member of the Autism Speaks national board and chair of the medical and science advisory committee. He is also a Professor of Psychology at John Carroll University and a Research Professor in Pediatrics and Psychiatry at SUNY-Upstate. Over the last decade, Dr. Frazier has maintained active clinical research programs focused on the evaluation and treatment of autism and related conditions. He has published more than 150 scientific papers and his recent work has focused on measuring key neurobehavioral processes relevant to early identification and monitoring response to intervention.