In the months leading up to the formation of the WVA by the state legislature, a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders evaluated a number of different methods based on how well they addressed the concerns of providers, payers, the state Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The DBA methodology was the only one that could:
- Replicate processes that providers and payers already had in place, and
- Capture assessments from out-of-state