The Michigan Value Collaborative (MVC) held its fall 2026 collaborative-wide meeting on Fri., Oct 9, in Livonia. A total of 87 attendees representing 55 hospitals, 5 physician organizations, and 13 healthcare systems from across the state of Michigan came together to share best practices for leveraging data to drive quality improvement.
MVC Director Mark Bradshaw, MSc, kicked off Friday’s meeting with updates on the MVC Coordinating Center [See slides]. Bradshaw’s presentation highlighted updates to the MVC registry, the recent distribution of refreshed cardiac rehab and common conditions hospital-level push reports, and P4P Program Year 2026 mid-year scorecards. Bradshaw reminded attendees that submissions for the one-time alternate health outcome variation (HOV) point opportunity for PY26 are due December 8.
Bradshaw then introduced planned changes for the Program Year (PY) 2028-2029 cycle of the MVC Component of the BCBSM P4P Program. This included changes to the episode spending menu via the addition of stroke (Figure 1) and the expansion of value metric definitions for cardiac rehab and preoperative testing (Figure 2).
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In addition to the new stroke option on the episode condition menu and the expansion of conditions for the cardiac rehab and preop testing value metrics, Bradshaw announced a change to the MVC scoring method for value metric achievement (Figure 3), which rather than using z-score thresholds will now be scored using prospective target rates.
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Bradshaw then walked attendees through the revised approach for the BCBSM P4P Readmissions Measure that will take effect in PY 2027. The measure will continue to focus on readmissions but instead of being all-cause will focus on select acute medical admissions and surgical procedures (Figure 4). It will also now be scored by MVC rather than BCBSM and will be based on all MVC’s payer data rather than only BCBSM Commercial patients.
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MVC Medical Director Hari Nathan, MD, PhD, delivered the MVC Data in Action presentation, highlighting unblinded data and practical data-to-action examples from two MVC members, MyMichigan Midland and McLaren Port Huron. During the presentation, attendees heard about lessons learned and next steps from representatives at each of the two hospitals.
Attendees then had the opportunity to network during the poster presentation session that followed Dr. Nathan's presentation. Posters from Bronson Methodist, Henry Ford Hospital, McLaren Greater Lansing, and Trinity Health Grand Haven featured projects that applied learnings from MVC's site coordinator education program to enhance QI action plans. Oaklawn Hospital shared their process improvement strategies to expand diabetes education in their community.
After the poster session, Kevin Bohnsack, MD, MPH, CPE, FAAFP, and Belinda Dokic, CPhT, BA, MBA, took the stage to deliver a presentation on Trinity Health's enterprise-wide strategies for reducing readmissions through data and analytics. Bohnsack and Dokic shared the Trinity Health 'playbook' for making data-driven decisions and optimizing performance related to all-cause readmissions within 30 days of discharge (Figure 5).
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Bohnsack and Dokic's presentation was followed by lunch and breakout sessions in the afternoon:
Beyond the Hospital Walls: A Collaborative Approach to Transitional Heart Failure Care
Jorgeann Koenig, DPT Manager, Home Health and Post-Acute Care, and Jennifer DeBoer from Holland Hospital shared how Holland Hospital has demonstrated year-over-year improvements in heart failure episode spending and seven-day follow up through a collaborative partnership with Corewell Cardiology on the Lakeshore, the Transitional Heart Failure Program (THFP). THFP consists of Holland Hospital nursing staff who collaborate with Corewell Cardiology providers to facilitate improvements in these two MVC metrics, reduce re-hospitalizations, and improve outcomes.
Driven by Curiosity: Sharing Our Health Systemness Journey and Learning from Yours
Catherine Shuell, RN, BSN, Specialist, RN Clinical Data Lead CHE, and Stacey Karwoski, BS, Senior Business Systems Analyst, from Corewell Health System led an interactive breakout focused on Corewell Health's current approach to engaging with MVC, including its process for sharing MVC performance with leadership, staff structures supporting MVC engagement, and internal dashboard development.
From Data to Outcomes: MSQC-MVC Colorectal Cancer Quality Improvement Collaboration
Angela Medrano, RN, BSN, Clinical Improvement Specialist from DMC Huron Valley Sinai, demonstrated how the MSQC-MVC partnership on colorectal cancer surgical quality improvement and the statewide resection project is driving better short- and long-term outcomes for patients. The work has been supported by DMC's colorectal surgeon lead, multidisciplinary hospital teams, and MSQC to strengthen adherence to evidence-based quality measures in colorectal cancer surgery.
Strategies for MVC P4P Metric Selection
MVC Lead Data Analyst Julia Mantey, MPH, MUP, presented key principles and available resources that support strategic metric selection for the MVC Component of the BCBSM P4P Program. This session aimed to support members in identifying their greatest opportunities for improvement across MVC metrics.
The meeting closed with a reflection of the day spent together, reminders about upcoming events, and a look ahead at key dates in 2027 (Figure 6) [See slides].
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What are the attendees saying about the meeting?
“Really great presentations, speakers and breakout sessions.”
“The content was excellent and well timed. Sessions were of good length. Content specific to changes for ‘28/‘29 very impactful. The break outs truly helped my understanding and path forward.”
“I appreciated the extra information regarding P4P selection and the upcoming changes.”
“This was very informative and loved the breakout sessions.”
“I really enjoyed the readmissions discussion and willingness to share. It was also good networking and hearing what my hospital struggles with is also what others are struggling with.”
If you have questions about any of the topics discussed at MVC’s fall collaborative-wide meeting or are interested in more details, email the MVC Coordinating Center. MVC’s next collaborative-wide meeting will be in person on Thurs., May 6, 2027, in Gaylord.
