This course covers patient centered care and the underlying principles that support its importance. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) meaningful measures criteria for value-based purchasing and their impact on patient centered care are explored via patient scenarios.

Identify the eight primary dimensions of patient-centered care.
Distinguish between care scenarios that illustrate a patient centered care approach from those that do not.
Identify the six CMS criteria for meaningful measures in value-based
purchasing.
Compare value-based purchasing strategic goals to patient centered care goals in order to identify overlap and gaps