Call Agenda, Thursday, January 21st, 11:00 AM EDT

(Moderators/Speakers use #0 to mute all participant lines and #1 to unmute.)
A. Register Now!! PCPCC March 30th Stakeholders' Working Group Meeting - Washington, D.C.
Across the nation, PCMH demonstrations are at every level of growth in the field. From planning to planting, from seedling to sapling, from flourishing to multiplying, this meeting will bring together the thought leaders who can speak to every stage of development. Come and learn about the tools you need to make the PCMH grow and thrive.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn the "must know" medical home knowledge from the "must meet" people!
The PCPCC Stakeholder's Working Group Meeting: "Cultivate the PCMH" will convene hundreds of CEOs, senior executives and government officials from the nation's largest employers, hospitals, health systems, physician practices, health plans, pharmaceutical companies and leading government agencies.
Space is limited, so register today!
Additionally, meet speaker and other attendees at the pre-meeting reception. Monday, March 29, 2010 - 6:00 - 8:00 PM EST. To register, please click here.
B. How to get Involved with the PCMH National Movement and the PCPCC
C. New NASHP Publication - 'Opportunities and Recommendations for State-Federal Coordination to Improve Health System Performance: A Focus on Patient Safety'
The federal government and the states-as regulators, purchasers, and providers of health care-have various levers available to improve health care quality. When federal and state policies are designed to use these levers in a coordinated manner, the influence of both levels of government on the quality of care is enhanced. To explore potential topics where congruent policies may be developed and to consider ways to foster collaborative policy development going forward, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) convened a meeting of high-level state and national leaders in October 2009. To download the full report, please click here.
D. New Learning Collaborative to Prepare Clinicians for Better Chronic Care
HealthSciences Institute will sponsor a new learning collaborative for health care professionals, teams and organizations who serve individuals at risk of, or affected by, chronic diseases in employer, health plan, medical home and other provider settings.
The collaborative will offer free, noncommercial webinars on topics, solutions and case studies in chronic disease prevention, management and care improvement. Each webinar will include a brief presentation, ask-the-expert segment, and targeted discussion on the application of new learning to participant job roles. Discussion will continue online between sessions.
The collaborative is a component of a new HealthSciences Institute-sponsored Partners in Improvement initiative that will offer free online chronic care improvement resources and tools to health care organizations and professionals.
“Nurses and other professionals who serve at-risk individuals—in settings from health plans to medical homes—want affordable, noncommercial learning activities that prepare them for the real-world challenges of chronic care. They also understand that some of the most valuable lessons are learned through collaboration and problem-solving with peers,” cites Blake Andersen, PhD, President and CEO of HealthSciences Institute.
Learning Collaborative Event Schedule
- 2/5/2010 Applying Patient Activation with Judith Hibbard, Ph.D., Professor, Oregon Health & Science University.
- 3/5/2010 A Collaborative Primary Care CVD & Diabetes Program at Kaiser Permanente with Teri Laurenti, PharmD, CCP and Gail Richardson, NP, CCM, CCP.
- 6/4/2010 Community-Based Strategies for Primary Prevention of Diabetes with David Marrero, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Indiana School of Medicine.
- 8/6/2010 Minimally Disruptive Medicine with Victor Montori, MD, Endrincrinologist and Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic.
All events held 10:30 to 11:30(CT); CCP Community Calls 11:30 to Noon (CT).
To learn more, please click here.
E. TransforMed and AMA Team Up on Webinars to Promote Health IT to Support the Doctor-Patient Relationship
In the wake of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), more practices are considering implementing electronic health or medical records, e-prescribing, new practice management systems and other forms of health information technology (Health IT).
This winter, the American Medical Association (AMA) and TransforMED are hosting a series of weekly webinars to provide practices with a vision of how the practice of medicine is being transformed through Health IT — and the tools necessary for successful implementation.
- Hear from experts already working to transform physician practices through Health IT
- Learn the basics of successful Health IT system implementation plan
- Discover tips for tackling major milestones at each stage in the process
- Prepare your patients and practice for changes associated with Health IT
To learn more and register for these webinars, please click here.
F. New Paper on the PCMH in Family Practices in Virginia - Annals of Family Medicine
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a widely accepted theory of a practice model to improve quality of care, patient satisfaction, and access to primary care services. This study explores existing elements of the
PCMH and characteristics of family practices in Virginia. The authors developed and administered a survey questionnaire to capture information on practice characteristics and PCMH elements. They randomly sampled 700 family medicine offices in Virginia from a population of practices derived from the Virginia Board of Medicine Practitioner Information Database. They used a mixed-mode survey, allowing practices in the sample to respond by mail or Internet or at a regional family medicine conference.
To read this paper, please click here.
H. NCQA Seminar - How to Facilitate Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: A Hands-On Approach and Analysis Through NCQA's Eyes
January 25 - 26, 2010
Join us January 25th and 26th as expert faculty from NCQA guides participants in this interactive workshop. NCQA's President Margaret E. O'Kane will conduct the welcome and opening remarks for this very special program.
The faculty will examine how practices can demonstrate that they meet NCQA's PPC®-PCMH™ requirements and discuss sample submissions for PPC-PCMH Recognition. Participants will learn how to identify documentation that does (and does not) meet the requirements and we'll practice scoring each element. The group will identify strategies for enhancing and improving valid content and clarity of the application towards a Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home and identify the aspects of the survey and evaluation process that may challenge or facilitate an efficient application and survey submission in a variety of practice environments.
This program is designed for any health care professional or consultant interested in getting the inside perspective directly from expert faculty from NCQA in evaluating a primary care practice and their ability to become Recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home by NCQA.
Date, Location, Hotel Information Jan. 25 - 26, 2010
The Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, Arlington, VA
I. eHealth Initiative's Annual Conference 2010, Delivering on the Promise of eHealth, January 25-26, 2010
Join the eHealth Initiative on January 25-26, 2010 to discuss and debate the rapidly changing world of health information technology. This unique conference will draw on the wisdom of some of the country’s top health and information technology experts in order to help attendees understand the following:
- What’s the policy?
- What’s possible?
- What’s practical?
This conference will highlight specific examples of how eHealth is being implemented across the country, as well as raise challenging questions about the ability of the country to move towards universal, meaningful use of health information technology by 2014. Policymakers, industry leaders, clinicians and patients will participate in engaging panel discussions and adversarial debates revolving around eHealth issues that affect the entire American health care system.
The eHealth Initiative’s conference will be the first in 2010 to put meaningful use and other policy panaceas under a critical microscope and help attendees understand how contemporary, real-world examples of health information and health IT improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health care can point the way for a more connected future. For more information, please click here.
J. 5th Annual Employer Health and Human Capital Congree - February 2-5, 2010
The business case for effective management of corporate health programs has never been clearer. The Mission of the 5th Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress is to help our executive delegation of large employers:
- Control healthcare cost trend
- Improve employee health, wellness and productivity
- Implement creative benefits redesign strategies
The annual EHHC Congress agenda encourages our executive delegation to make strategic and specific actions to improve the management of employee benefits, health & wellness programs and the delivery of effective economic incentives for better employee health. The Congress annually attracts over 500 delegates across the country from the nation's fortune 1000 employers. Every year attendees network and discuss challenges with an exclusive audience of the most senior HR and benefits executives from the nation's leading companies. The PCPCC President, Dr. Paul Grundy, and Executive Director, Edwina Rogers, will be keynoting the 'Patient-Centered Innovations' segment of the meeting. To learn more, please click here.
K. 2010 National Health Policy Conference, Washington, D.C. Feburary 8-9th
The National Health Policy Conference (NHPC), hosted by AcademyHealth and Health Affairs, provides clarity on the critical health care issues and priorities for the upcoming year. Now in its tenth year, the NHPC continues to deliver a program with insider perspectives from health policy leaders to an audience of more than 800 that includes researchers, policy experts, and advocates, who all share your concerns and interests. Topics include: Reforming Provider Payment to Promote Models of Integrated Delivery, State Roles in Health Care Reform: From Medicaid to Exchanges, From HIT to Actionable Knowledge: Building the Research Bridge and Special Session on Forming Accountable Care Organizations: Lessons Learned from the Group Employer Model. For more information, please click here.
L. Second National Medical Home Summit - March 1-2, 2010
A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
The Leading Forum on the Development and Implementation of the Patient Centered Medical Home
Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, Medical Home News and Population Health Journal
Some of the Issues that will be Addressed are:
- Actual experience implementing the medical home EHR
- Documented improvements in process and outcome measures
- The role of the medical home in reducing racial disparities
- Challenges and successes in building the clinical team
- Managing workflow disruptions in the transformation period
- Emerging roles for non-clinical workers on the medical home team
- Medical homes for the Medicaid population
- Experience with different medical homes payment models
- Creating the necessary 21st century primary care workforce
- Safety Net Clinics as medical homes for the under- and uninsured
- Changing medical school curricula and residency programs
II. Important Links
October 22 Annual Summit Materials - click here
- PCPCC Stakeholders' Working Group Meeting - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
- PCPCC Stakeholders' Working Group Meeting - Thursday, July 22, 2010
- PCPCC Annual Summit - Thursday, October 21, 2010
The Collaborative would like to welcome the following groups as the newest signing members of the PCPCC:
- Baptist Health System
- Christus St. Michael Health System
- Verisk Health
V. PCMH in the Press
- Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstration: Identify community-based sites to test and evaluate the concept; share information and best practices about pilots within a collaborative community; and serve as the connector to technical, quality improvement and education resources to facilitate ongoing demonstrations.
- Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation: Assist public payers as they implement and refine programs to embed the Patient Centered Medical Home model by offering technical assistance; sharing best practices and giving guidance on the development of successful funding models.
- Center for Employer Engagement: Create standards and buying criteria to serve as a guide and tool for large and small employers/purchasers in order to build the market demand for adoption of the Medical Home model.
- Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange: Evaluate use and application of information technology to support and enable the development and broad adoption of information technology in private practice and among community practitioners.
- Compact Concept Overview and Relevance to PCMH - Neil Kirschner, Ph.D., American College of Physicians
- ACP Compact Development- Carol Greenlee MD
- Colorado Compact Development- Scott Hammond MD
B. Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation
I. Introductions
To view the full agenda and presentation materials, please click here.
C. Center for Employer Engagement
I. Introductions
Co-Chairs: Duane Putnam, Pfizer, Inc.; Bruce Sherman, MD, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Robert Dribbon, Merck & Co., Inc.
II. Update on PCMH/VBID white paper
III. Update on CBRI Name Change to Center for Employer Engagement (CEE)
IV. Scheduling of Guest Speakers for 2010 -- (Please find spreadsheet of confirmed speakers attached)
V. Speaker Presentation
“Integrating Worker Protection and Health Promotion Programs” - James L. Schuppert MD, Director, Health Services (Bio Attached)
“Enabling Patient Centered Medical Home Capable Practices - The Challenge for Employer Engagement / The Challenge for Physician Engagement” - Jed Constantz, Sustainable Health Systems (Bio Attached)
To view the agenda for the CEE call, please click here.
The Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange will serve a number of related functions. The first will be to act as a clearinghouse for information concerning the national development of various Health Technology system platforms and electronic delivery platforms for medical records. The second task is to coordinate national education concerning the importance of HIT/EMR developments to both providers and consumers of health care. The final task of the Center will be to elucidate the integral role of HIT/EMR development within the specific context of the Patient Centered Medical Home model and expand upon the provision with the Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home as agreed to by the ACP, AAFP, AOA, and AAP.
- Welcome and introductions - Dr. David Nace
- Presentation – John Blair III, MD, President and CEO, MedAllies, Inc. Dr. Blair will give an overview of the Mid-Hudson Valley Medical Home Project.
- Presentation - Kevin Grumbach, MD, Professor and Chair, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Grumbach will speak on the Bauhaus “form follows function” approach to the redesign of healthcare and how that relates to medical home enablement by information technology
- Open discussion
To view the full agenda for this call, please click here.
I. Update and Discussion on the Changes to the PCPCC Website
- What is being implemented on the PCPCC website in accordance with the conceptual development of the pediatric content that includes collecting content, materials and input from key user audiences to guide development and dissemination.
- What other resources can be brought forth to enhance the 'Consumers & Patient' section of the website.
II. Open Discussion
- Wednesday, September 2nd at 11:00 AM EDT, with Melissa Bartlett, Congressional Staffer on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
- Monday, August 31st, w/ Emily Porter, Representative John Boehner's aide, 1:30 PM EDT, Office: H-204 of the Capitol
- Monday, August 24th, 1:00 PM EDT, Bob Kocher, The White House
- Tuesday, August 18th, 11:00 AM EDT, Josh Martin, Office of Senator Burr
- Tuesday, August 18th, 10:00 AM EDT, Deborah Trautman, Office of Senator Nancy Pelosi
- Thursday, July 23rd, 3:30 PM EDT, Josh Trent, Office of Senator Tom Coburn, 172 Russell Senate Office Building
- Friday, July 17th, 10:00 AM EDT, Manny Jimenez, Office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen, 520 Hart Office Building
- Wednesday, July 1st, 4:30 PM EDT, Chris Dawe, Staff at Senate Finance Committee, 219 Dirksen Office Building
- Wednesday, July 1st, 3:00 PM EDT, Brian Sutter, Office of Congressman Dave Camp, Committee on Ways and Means, 341 Cannon House Office Building
- Friday, June 26th, 10:00 AM EDT, Lindsay Shore, Office of Congressman Eric Cantor, Committee on Ways and Means, 329 Cannon House Office Building
- Friday, June 19th, 4:00 PM EDT, Jon Sheiner, Office of Congressman Charles Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means, 2354 Rayburn House Office Building
- Tuesday, June 16th, 10:30 AM EDT, Veronica Wong, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Darrell Issa, Ranking Member, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 2347 Rayburn Building
- Thursday, June 4th, 9:00 AM EDT, Kelly Hall, Senior Advisor for Health Care Policy, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, 330 Cannon House Office Building
Below please find the dates for the various weekly Collaborative phone calls.
- PCPCC Call – Thursday, 11 AM EST - This weekly call will continue to serve as the general Collaborative update. We will continue to use this call to provide PCPCC members with information drawn from all Collaborative efforts, and the efforts of our members. We will also be providing information on all upcoming PCPCC events on this call. 2010 - 1 /14, 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/8, 7/15, 7/29, (no August calls) 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/28, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16
- Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstration - Bi-weekly – Tuesday, 2 PM EST 2010 - 1/19, 2/2, 3/2, 4/6, 5/4, 6/1, 7/6 (no August calls) 9/7, 10/5, 11/2, 12/7
- Center for Public Payer Implementation – 3rd Tuesday of the month, 3 PM EST, 2010 - 1/19, 2/16, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18,6/15, 7/20, (no August calls) 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 12/21
- Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation – Bi-weekly - Wednesday, 3 PM EST - 2010 - 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12, 6/9, 6/23, 7/14, 7/28, (no August calls) 9/15, 9/29, 10/13, 10/27, 11/10, 12/15
- Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange – Monthly - Thursday, 1 PM EST - 2nd and 4th Thursday of the Month - 2010 - 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/11, 4/15, 4/29, 5/13, 6/10, 6/24, 7/15, 7/29, (no August calls) 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, 12/16
Four Center Task Groups:
- Participatory Engagement - Lead: Steve Adams (sadams@rmdnetworks.com) Bi-Weekly Fridays - 1:00 PM EDT- 10/23
- HIT Resource Center - Lead: Jim Crawford (JCrawford1@NSHS.edu)
- Meaningful Use - Lead: Janet Marchibroda (jmarchibroda@us.ibm.com) Weekly - Mondays, 5:00 PM EDT
- Decision Support - Lead: Pete Martinez (pmartinez@quantummd.com) Bi-Weekly Tuesdays - 9:00 AM EDT- 11/10, 11/24, 12/8, 12/22
- Executive Committee Call – Monthly – 4:00-5:30 pm EST, 11/17, (no December call)
There are 47 members of the Executive Committee: Aetna; Alere; American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Physicians; American Osteopathic Association; BlueCross BlueShield; Boehringer Ingelheim; CIGNA; The Commonwealth Fund; CVS Caremark; DMAA: Care Continuum Alliance; EHE International; Geisinger Health System; GlaxoSmithKline; Health Care Services Corporation; Humana, Inc.; IBM; Johnson & Johnson; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Corporation; MedAssurant; Medco; Medfusion; Merck; Microsoft; MVP Health Care; NextGen Healthcare Information Systems; Novartis; Nurse Practitioners Roundtable; Pfizer; Phytel; Priority Health; The Quantum Group; Robert Bosch Healthcare; Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Sanofi-Aventis; Taconic IPA, Inc.; Thomas Group; Thomson Reuters; TransforMED; UnitedHealthcare; Universal American Corp.; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan; Walgreens; WellCentive, LLC and Wellpoint.
Co-Chairs: Dr. David Nace, McKesson Health Solutions (David.Nace@mckesson.com), Janet Marchibroda, IBM (jmarchibroda@us.ibm.com), Dr. James Crawford, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System (JCrawford1@NSHS.edu), and Jeff Hanson, Thomson Reuters (jeffrey.hanson@thomsonreuters.com)
Executive Director - Chris Nohrden (cnohrden@hughes.net)
Four New Center Task Groups:
- Participatory Engagement - Lead: Steve Adams (sadams@rmdnetworks.com)
- HIT Resource Center - Lead: Jim Crawford (JCrawford1@NSHS.edu)
- Meaningful Use - Lead: Janet Marchibroda (jmarchibroda@us.ibm.com)
- Decision Support - Lead: Pete Martinez (pmartinez@quantummd.com)
There are 20 member organizations of the advisory board and they are: AARP, American Academy of Communication in Healthcare, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Department of Family Medicine, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, Association of Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Brian Klepper, Bridges to Excellence, The Center for Excellence In Primary Care, The Center for the Advancement of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, eHealth Initiative, HR Policy Association, the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Medication Management Systems, National Association of County and City Health Officials, National Business Coalition on Health, National Business Group on Health, the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. We are considering additional advisory board representatives from state based groups and labor organizations.
Edwina Rogers
Executive Director
Relja Ugrinic
Director of Operations and External Affairs
Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative
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