| Weekly Thursday Call Agenda 12/22/11
Thursday, December 22nd at 11:00am ET we will hold a call for the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
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Collaborative Announcements
SAVE THE DATE - Spring Stakeholder Conference, April 23-24, 2012, Washington, DC Wardman Park Marriott
Exhibiting/Sponsorship Opportunities - Click HERE
PCMH Happenings
1. Center for Value-Based Insurance Design Registry
The University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID Center) has proudly launched a new V-BID Registry at www.vbidregistry.org. The registry is a free resource designed to gather and share examples of value-based insurance design from across the US and abroad. Submitted examples are reviewed by the V-BID Center and posted to the registry site, where anyone -- employers, plan designers, policy makers, researchers -- can sort by location, targeted disease state or keyword to find the most relevant V-BID programs.
The V-BID Center developed this tool in response to the many requests we receive for better examples and information on V-BID. Employers want recent examples of V-BID programs in companies similar to theirs. Policy-makers want to know the range or V-BID programs that are being developed. Plan designers want to know the latest innovations are and how they are working. The registry is designed to help answer all of these questions to help further V-BID as a key tool for improving healthcare and containing costs -- once the registry is populated...
Now, we need your help adding programs to the registry. Please visit
www.vbidregistry.org and tell us about your V-BID program or plan, or encourage employers you know to add their program. It's a great way to share your successes and lessons learned.
As programs are added, come back and search the registry and share with colleagues and other organizations that could benefit.
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that thirty-two leading health care organizations from across the country will participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACOs) Model.
The Pioneer ACO Model will encourage primary care doctors, specialists, hospitals and other caregivers to provide better, more coordinated care for people with Medicare and could save up to $1.1 billion over five years.
The Pioneer ACO Model will test the effectiveness of several innovative payment models and how they can help experienced organizations to provide better care for beneficiaries, work in coordination with private payers, and reduce Medicare cost growth. The Pioneer ACO Model also requires ACOs to engage other payers in similar efforts to reward health care providers that deliver high-quality care.
Selected Pioneer ACOs include physician-led organizations and health systems, urban and rural organizations, and organizations in various geographic regions of the country, representing 18 States and the opportunity to improve care for about 860,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
Below are the selected organizations:
1. Allina Hospitals & Clinics
2. Atrius Health
3. Banner Health Network
4. Bellin-Thedacare Healthcare Partners
5. Beth Israel Deaconess Physician Organization
6. Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network (BAHN)
7. Brown & Toland Physicians
8. Dartmouth-Hitchcock ACO
9. Eastern Maine Healthcare System
10. Fairview Health Systems
11. Franciscan Alliance
12. Genesys PHO
13. Healthcare Partners Medical Group
14. Healthcare Partners of Nevada
15. Heritage California ACO
16. JSA Medical Group, a division of HealthCare Partners
17. Michigan Pioneer ACO
18. Monarch Healthcare
19. Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association (MACIPA)
20. North Texas ACO
21. OSF Healthcare System
22. Park Nicollet Health Services
23. Partners Healthcare
24. Physician Health Partners
25. Presbyterian Healthcare Services – Central New Mexico Pioneer Accountable Care Organization
26. Primecare Medical Network
27. Renaissance Medical Management Company
28. Seton Health Alliance
29. Sharp Healthcare System
30. Steward Health Care System
31. TriHealth, Inc.
32. University of Michigan
To learn more about today’s announcement, see the press release.
To learn more about the selected Pioneer ACOs and other information about the Pioneer ACO Model, visit the Pioneer ACO Model website.
3. Medical Home Shown Effective for All Children
A secondary review of 2003 survey data indicates that the "medical home," a surrogate concept for an actual location in which coordinated care for an individual is managed and shared within an explicitly defined setting of providers, is one that applies effectively to all children, rather than just the special needs children who have been studied thus far.
Bivariate analyses evaluating the effect of medical homes on sociodemographic characteristics indicated that, for the 70,007 children included in the study, the model has positive associations with increased preventative care visits, decreased outpatient sick visits, and fewer emergency department sick visits. Adjustments were made for sex, age, race and ethnicity, household income, highest attained level of parental education, primary language spoken in the home, insurance coverage, and family structure.
Medical homes were also associated with increased chances of parents judging their children's healthcare to be "excellent/very good", as well as increased odds of health-promoting behaviors for children, such as being read to on a daily basis, getting enough daily sleep, or reported wearing of a helmet at all appropriate times, according to the study, which was published online December 19 inPediatrics.
The analysis of parental telephone interview responses, gathered in 2003 for the National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH), support an American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) recommendation that medical homes be made available to all children, as well as a similar recommendation that was included in the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordability Act.
For the full article, click HERE
4. Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture
In response to medical offices interested in a survey that focuses on patient safety culture in their offices, AHRQ sponsored the development of the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. This survey is designed specifically for outpatient medical office providers and staff and asks for their opinions about the culture of patient safety and health care quality in their medical offices.
The survey was designed for medical offices with at least three providers (physicians, either M.D. or D.O.; physician assistants; nurse practitioners; and other providers licensed to diagnose medical problems, treat patients, and prescribe medications). Survey administration in solo practitioner or two-provider offices is not recommended because it would not be possible to maintain the confidential nature of individual responses. In small offices, rather than administering the survey, it can be used as a tool to initiate open dialog or discussion about patient safety and quality issues among providers and staff.
Click HERE for more information and to access the survey tools
5. NAMI Releases Guide on Integrated Mental Health and Pediatric Primary Care
NAMI released a new family guide on Integrating Mental Health and Pediatric Primary Care. The guide provides families with practical information about integration to help them get involved in the integrated care movement and improve the quality of care their child receives in the pediatric primary care setting.
Integrated care refers to the practice of incorporating mental health care into primary care settings and primary care into mental health and substance abuse care settings for the purpose of improving the quality of care. Interest in integrated care is growing and many communities have begun to pilot innovative approaches to integration that promise to provide higher quality, comprehensive and coordinated care for youth and their families.
To access the guide and for more information click HERE
6. REMINDER - PCPCC Offices Closed December 26-January 2nd
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THANKS FOR MAKING 2011 AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR THE PCPCC AND THE PCMH!!!!!
Upcoming Conferences and
Webinars
1. 2012 Accountable Care and Health IT Strategies Summit January 17-19, 2012, Intercontinental, Doral, Miami, Florida
The 2012 Accountable Care and Health IT Strategies Summit delivers critical insights into the information powered health system that will lay the foundations for clinical improvement, operational and financial efficiencies in Era of Accountable Care.
Healthcare providers, payers and ACO Pilots are rapidly determining their organization's strategy to succeed in an Accountable Care setting, a critical part of establishing a successful ACO is to plan and implement the IT systems that will enable the improved workflow, care coordination and support new incentive and payment models.
The 2012 Accountable Care and Health IT Strategies Summit is produced in close collaboration with Co-Sponsors The Care Continuum Alliance, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) and The Advisory Board Company.
Click HERE to learn more.
2. American College of Physicians Free Webinar on Medical Home Builder 2.0
Dates
Thursday, December 29, 2011; 7:00 pm, ET
Do you want to see how the Medical Home Builder works? Participate in a free, 30 minute live/interactive demonstration webinar and learn how to improve patient care and office efficiency!
Medical Home Builder 2.0 is an online practice support tool from the American College of Physicians (ACP) that provides primary care practices with an affordable, self-paced means to improve office operations, quality, and/or transition to a Patient-Centered Medical Home model. Medical Home Builder 2.0 features 13 modules, an online community and hundreds of online resources in a virtual library.
The newly updated version features new elements and functions to help clinicians improve patient care, office efficiency, and move toward PCMH recognition and accreditation. Included in Medical Home Builder 2.0 are expanded patient-centered care modules, a new scoring methodology, module-specific resource libraries and a searchable master resource library.
Additionally, a robust reporting function is particularly suited for large practices, groups, institutions and regional programs.
Sign up today and see how Medical Home Builder 2.0 can help you provide quality patient care and achieve a well-managed practice.
To register, visit the ACP web site at: http://www.acponline.org/running_practice/pcmh/help.htm or contact Ayanna Wells at awells@acponline.org
Collaborative Centers
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For more information please contact Amy Gibson at agibson@pcpcc.net .
A. Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstration
The primary objective of the Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstrations (CMD) is to serve as a clearing house for information on Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) pilot efforts around the country that include multiple private sector payers. The CMD will aim to recruit payers to devote covered lives to demonstration projects, while assisting them with demonstrations efforts through sharing of lessons learned and best practices from existing PCMH demonstrations. This will be accomplished by the CMD serving as an information exchange where Plans can discuss innovative reimbursement models to test in pilots as well as program design. The CMD will also be responsible for working with local convening entities to support regional pilots.
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Care Coordination Taskforce -The Care Coordination Taskforce has reconvened their calls and will be discussing future activities and strategies for addressing care coordination in the PCMH. They have received input from PCPCC stakeholders toward the development of an outline for a PCPCC publication on care coordination.
B. Center for Public Payer Implementation
CPPI is tasked with a very broad mandate encompassing over 50% of all payors in the US Healthcare System. Growing out of the work that the Collaborative had undertaken within the Medicaid environment the CPPI is charged with promoting the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) concept in all facets of the public payer system.
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Task Force on Education and Training - The presentation by Dr Barbara Cubic held on Monday, December 5th is available for viewing on the PCPCC web site at . See top of agenda for registration information.
C. Center for Employer Engagement (CEE)
The CEE promotes large and small employer interest in - and implementation of - the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model through educational resources, sharing employer best practices, implementation tools, and evaluation measures to demonstrate the value of this strategy and build market demand. They hosted a webinar with, Cathy Baase, Dow Chemical Company, on Wednesday, December 14th at 3 p.m. ET. This presentation is now archived on the web site at: www.pcpcc.net/media
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Task Force on Behavioral Health - This Taskforce is collecting best practices and behavioral health screening tools for use in primary care. They are looking for resources to publish a more comprehensive guide to Behavioral Health in PCMH and possibly an on-line database of resources.
D. Center for eHealth
On Wednesday, September 22nd, from 1:00-2:30pm ET, the Center for eHealth co-hosted a presentation with the Center for Public Payer Initiatives entitled: “Health Information Technology and the Indian Health Service ‘Improving Patient Care’ Program." This presentation is available for viewing on the PCPCC web site at: www.pcpcc.net/media
E. Center for Consumer Engagement
The primary objective of the Center for Consumer Engagement (CCE) is to ensure the medical home model is truly patient-centered by: facilitating consumer involvement and leadership in the design and evaluation of the PCMH, strengthening the consumer voice in the PCPCC, and by developing a set of "Best Practices" for consumer engagement in PCMH. The CCE partners with large consumer groups to capitalize on their visibility and existing efforts.
F. Center for Accountable Care (CAC)
The CAC works to ensure that the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) serves as the foundation for all ACO’s, and that ACO’s thrive as a result of strong robust PCMH support. The center is tasked with strengthening the collaboration between the PCPCC and evolving ACO stakeholders, as well as espousing strategies and positions that strengthen the notion of a strong PCMH foundation for evolving ACO guidelines and practices. Their lastcall was held on Monday, December 19th at 2 pm ET.
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