Funders to approach for UPMC Center for High-Value Healthcare

Upmc center for high-value health care ein: 45-2178782 fiscal year ending june 30, 2025 form 990, part iii, statement of program service accomplishments upmc center for high-value health care (the center) was formed on may 4, 2011, as a Pennsylvania non-stock, nonprofit membership corporation. The center's sole member is upmc, an organization that is recognized as exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a) as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) and as a supporting organization described in section 509(a)(3). Upmc is the parent organization of a large academic medical center system based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with health care facilities and operations located in the united states and around the world. As stated in its articles of incorporation, the center is organized exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3). The center's mission is to advance us health care policy and practice through the development and dissemination of innovative service delivery and payment models that support value-driven health care. The center aims to improve outcomes by facilitating more coordinated care, lower costs by aligning incentives across the payer-provider system and enhance patient experience by engaging patients in their care. The vision is to establish the upmc integrated health enterprise as a valued partner in national, state, and local efforts to improve health care quality and efficiency as well as the overall health of the population. The center supports rapid cycle learning, conducts research, publishes findings, and presents at national conferences on topics related to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of health care service delivery, innovation in payment models, and establishing effective public policy. In doing so, the center seeks to not only advance u.s. Health care policy, but to advance the charitable missions of the center's tax-exempt affiliates and other unrelated tax-exempt organizations, and to inform and educate the health care provider and payment community and the general public about health care payment and delivery topics. To that end, the center's work is directed at collaborative efforts to reduce costs, achieve better health outcomes, and improve patient satisfaction. Areas of focus include integrated physical-behavioral health care, maternal health, value-based pharmacy, technology-supported innovations, and factors that influence health outcomes. The center's rapid cycle learning activities and research studies include novel concepts as well as improvements to existing ideas. Work is conducted and led by principals and co-investigators who are experts in their fields. These personnel include phds, health economists, faculty, and adjunct faculty (including scientists and academic researchers) from the university of Pittsburgh schools of the health sciences, health care practice and policy experts from upmc and the university of Pittsburgh, physical and behavioral health practitioners, and key stakeholders such as patients, community groups, and government agencies. Furthermore, as collaborative partnerships develop, the center works with other research organizations and nationally known leaders and researchers in health care service delivery, payment reform, and policy development. The center makes information related to its research studies and projects available to the general public by publishing such information in peer reviewed journals, by presenting at stakeholder conferences, by creating and participating in collaborative learning opportunities with other organizations, and by producing perspectives and toolkits that share strategies and lessons learned in lay terms for the benefit of all interested parties via various social media outlets. In addition, the center's website contains links to reports, data, and other information related to the center's research studies and projects. The general public has free access to the center's website and is able to view, print, and distribute the information contained therein. Finally, the center coordinates and presents public forums, panels, lectures, and similar programs related to its research topics and other important health care service delivery and payment reform issues. Such programs are organized with stakeholder partners at venues accessible to constituents and are open to the general…