8-Week Course Begins January 13, 2025

 

This Value-Based Purchasing of Healthcare course was developed to educate benefits professionals who are seeking to advance their knowledge, skills, and approaches to building a comprehensive benefits strategy through value-based purchasing of health benefits for a defined population, in order to optimize health, advance health equity, and control costs.

 
The course builds on the “College for Value-Based Purchasing,” an in-person training program offered more than 20 times since 2004, by a team of national experts from purchaser (employer) coalitions and academic partners. Now, in partnership with University of Central Florida (UCF) Continuing Education and UCF School of Global Health Management and Informatics the course has been updated and is being offered as a virtual learning program taught by faculty from the Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, HealthCareTN and the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, all of which are members of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. 

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Curriculum

The course consists of eight weekly modules, which students can complete asynchronously (on their own time, within the week). Each module includes a recorded lecture with PowerPoint presentation and a few supplemental videos and readings. Students are expected to also participate in the course discussion board. An optional weekly live Zoom chat also will be scheduled for a weekday evening so that students can interact with faculty and each other in real time. In addition, over the first seven weeks, students will be developing a Customized Action Plan (CAP) – a plan for applying the knowledge gained in the course to their specific work environment. For the eighth course week, students will post selections from their CAP, for discussion and feedback from faculty and fellow students.

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Registration

Registrations are now being accepted for the 8-week course offering beginning on January 13, 2025. A maximum of 40 students will be enrolled in this cohort, so early registration is encouraged. Thanks to financial support provided by industry sponsors listed below, the tuition for this cohort is $500 per student, which will be collected by UCF at the time of registration.