Call Agenda- Thursday, November 18th, 11:00 AM EDT

 
 
 
This is a note that on Thursday November 18th at 11:00am EST we will  hold a call for the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
 
 
Conference Call-In Phone Number
Call in number is 712.432.3900
Passcode is 471334
Moderator code is 406354.
Please press *6 on your phone to mute and *7 to unmute.
(Moderators/Speakers use #0 to mute all participant lines and #1 to unmute.)
 
Please mute your telephone unless you are speaking. We have had some issues with background noise causing interference with the sound quality of our calls recently due to the growing numbers of participants on these conference calls.
 
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Please note that all of the attachments are linked at the bottom of the agenda.
 
I. Collaborative Announcements
 

A.  CMS Introduces New Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Initiatives to Better Coordinate Health Care

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today formally established the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center). Created by the Affordable Care Act, the Innovation Center will examine new ways of delivering health care and paying health care providers that can save money for Medicare and Medicaid while improving the quality of care.  CMS also announced the launch of new demonstration projects that will support efforts to better coordinate care and improve health outcomes for patients. 

The Innovation Center will consult stakeholders across the health care sector including hospitals, doctors, consumers, payers, states, employers, advocates, relevant federal agencies and others to obtain direct input on its operations and to build partnerships with those that interested in its work.  The organization will also test models that include establishing an “open innovation community” that serves as an information clearinghouse of best practices in health care innovation.    The Center will also work with stakeholders to create learning communities that help other providers rapidly implement these new care models.  As part of this engagement, today, Administrator Berwick and Acting Director Gilfillan, met with stakeholders representing the health care industry, as well as consumers, states, and employers, to discuss the Innovation Center and its planned activities.    

CMS also announced several new initiatives to strengthen primary care and better coordinate care for patients. 

Eight states have been selected to participate in a demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness of doctors and other health professionals across the care system working in a more integrated fashion and receiving more coordinated payment from Medicare, Medicaid, and private health plans. Maine, Vermont, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan, and Minnesota will participate in the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration that will ultimately include up to approximately 1,200 medical homes serving up to one million Medicare beneficiaries.  

To learn more, please click here.

B.  University of Michigan Health System Study: PCMH Model Will Demand More Primary Care Physicians

Provisions of new federal healthcare reforms will move the country toward a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, but the nation may not have enough primary care doctors to handle the workload, according to a study by the University of Michigan Health System published online ahead of print in the journal Medical Care.

Shifting patients to a medical home care model could save time and money and allow specialists to focus on complex patient care, according to the study, in which researchers examined the implications of redistributing the chronic disease care workload between specialists and primary care physicians under a PCMH model of care.

According to the study, specialists spend a significant amount of time each year—more than 650,000 work weeks collectively—on routine follow-up care for patients with common chronic conditions, such as asthma, diabetes or low back pain. Delegating a proportion of this care could create systemwide efficiencies by freeing up specialists to concentrate on new patients and those with complex conditions.

To learn more, please click here.

C. State Initiatives in Patient-Centered Medical Homes

The majority of state Medicaid programs are testing models of coordinated medical care to improve quality and reduce costs, particularly for patients with multiple chronic illnesses. Known as patient-centered medical homes, the models assure that:  

  • Each patient has an ongoing relationship with a personal physician who directs all care. The physician is responsible for all the patient’s health care needs, provided by all health care professionals in all stages of the patient’s life.
  • Each patient’s care is coordinated and integrated across all parts of the health care system. The physician’s office monitors the quality of care and patient safety for all patients. Patients have expanded access to care through extended hours and new ways to communicate with physicians and other office staff.
  • Physicians receive additional payment to support expanded staff and recognize the added value provided to patients.

State Medicaid programs, which provide health insurance for the poor using state and federal funds, constantly strive to cut costs and achieve savings. That’s because Medicaid’s share of total state spending has more than doubled in the past 20 years, reaching nearly 22 percent of all state budget funds.1  States are pursuing patient-centered medical home initiatives as one approach to improving the way health care is delivered while controlling rising health care costs. Based on the premise of rewarding doctors to keep their patients healthy—rather than paying exclusively for treating them when they’re sick, this approach has many supporters, including policymakers, employers, physicians, patients and insurers.

Descriptions of eleven states’ pilot programs or authorizing legislation are included in a breifing from The Council of State Governments. To learn more and to download this report, please click here.

D. Podcast from the Commonwealth Fund - Transforming Safety Net Clinics into Medical Homes

Sandy Hausman reports on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a Commonwealth Fund-support demonstration project designed to help clinics that serve low-income patients become medical homes. To download this podcast, please click here.

E.  CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Now Includes NPs as Independent Primary Care Providers

The Maryland Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (MCNP) and the Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland (NPAM) have been working with CareFirst to expand quality health care coverage to Maryland citizens.  The newly announced expansion of the CareFirst Medical Home to include nurse practitioners as leaders, and/or team members is a serious commitment towards moving Maryland's health care programs forward.  Credentialing Nurse Practitioners (NPs) as primary care providers for Blue Choice further shows CareFirst's commitment to providing improved access to high quality health care for their subscribers.

There are over 3500 nationally board certified, state licensed NPs in Maryland who will now be better able to provide both primary and specialty care to people throughout Maryland.  For nearly half a century NPs have been providing care and millions of Americans have been selecting NPs for their primary, acute and chronic care needs.  This decision by Blue Cross Blue shield will aid in direct access to care and enhance the transparency of the health insurance system.  

To learn more, please click here.

F.  Health Affairs Article - How Geisinger’s Advanced Medical Home Model Argues the Case for Rapid-Cycle Innovation

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 provides for a number of major payment and delivery system initiatives. These potential changes need to be tested, scaled, and adapted with an urgency not evident in previous demonstration projects of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  Geisinger Health Plan discusses lessons they have learned through care redesign, specifically from their advanced medical home model, ProvenHealth NavigatorSM. Geisinger has been continuously modifying the model to improve quality and value. They suggest that the most important component in their medical home model has been embedding nurse case managers into community practices and using real-time feedback from their patients on the use of health services. To read the full article, please click here.

G.  E-book: Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Cornerstone of Healthcare Transformation
 
MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, today published an e-book, “The Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Cornerstone of Healthcare Transformation.” The complimentary e-book can be downloaded here.  The e-book marks the MEDecision launch of an integrated campaign to present the company's concept for advancing technologies that will support Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) implementations.
 
H.  Two Videos on the PCMH
 
Linked here and here, please find two brief multimedia videos regarding the PCMH.  Each video contains a presentation given on different aspects of the medical home.  The first deals with the relationship between health reform and primary care.  The second video speaks on the issue of why Health Information Technology in the Medical Home is important.

I. Job Opening at American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

The American Academy of Family Physicians is recruiting for a new position to take organizational lead for its patient-centered medical home activities. A qualified candidate will have excellent project management, communication and leadership skills and a passion for helping family physicians transform their practices in anticipation of a more value-driven future. Those interested in this exciting opportunity can learn more about the position and apply on line at: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/careers/staff/job22-10.html.

J.  S.C. BlueCross to Use PCMH Model Statewide After Pilot Improves Patient Health
 
Final results for a yearlong patient-centered medical home pilot project between BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, BlueChoice HealthPlan of South Carolina and Charleston, S.C.-area Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP) show improved patient health, leading the insurers to advance the model across the state.
 
The pilot focused on the two companies' members who have diabetes and were patients of PPCP's 22 sites and 55 providers in Charleston, Dorchester and Berkeley counties.
 
They analyzed the data for 809 participants continuously enrolled through the year. Results showed 10.4 percent fewer inpatient hospital days and 12.4 percent fewer emergency room visits when compared with the same population's previous year. Additionally, the participants had better control of cholesterol and glucose levels, improved their BMI (Body Mass Index) and measures of potential kidney damage, as well as had higher rates of recommended eye exams.  To learn more, please click here.
 
 
K.  The World Congress Leadership Summit on The Patient-Centered Medical Home - November 17-19, 2010, San Diego, CA
 
Health care reform promotes the Patient-Centered Medical Home as the future of care delivery in the United States – a model to achieve better outcomes and cost savings through effective coordination of care. The World Congress Leadership Summit on the Patient-Centered Medical Home will:
 
  • Outline how health care reform rewards the PCMH model of care
  • Evaluate pros and cons of the PCMH
  • Debate payment reform and impacts on the PCMH
  • Understand how to align incentives for collaboration and success
  • Learn the importance of assessment and identifying gaps to see ways to eliminate waste using LEAN
Register by September 24th and SAVE $100 off* the current rate! - Mention PROMO CODE: EQM278
 
To learn more about this event, please click here.
 
L.  PCPCC Officer and Speaker List
 
Please click here to find a list of the Collaborative's Officers and those who have agreed to speak on behalf of the PCPCC.  If you wish to have your name and organazation added to the Speaker List, please click here and complete the sign-up form.  If you have any questions, please email Relja Ugrinic, at rugrinic@pcpcc.net.
 

II. Important Links

October 22 Annual Summit Materials - click here

July 16 Meeting Materials - click here
 
April 28th Stakeholders' Working Meeting - click here
 
PCPCC Meaninful Use Letter - click here
 
'Meaningful Connections' IT Resource Guide - click here
 
PCPCC - Emmi Solutions, 'Introduction to Patient-Centered Medical Home' video - click here
 
PCPCC - Merck & Co. Patient Education Brochure and Checklist - click here
 
PCPCC Purchasers' Guide - click here
 
The Pilot Project Guide is now online and available for download.  Please click here to sign-up and download the document. 
 
PCPCC Brochure - click here
 
October 17 Healthy Momentum: The Patient-Centered Medical Home Summit
July 24/25 Medicaid Summit Materials:
 
III. 2010 Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Meeting Dates
 
All three meetings will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20004 
  • 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 
     
IV. Collaborative Outreach
 
The Collaborative would like to welcome the following groups as the newest signing members of the PCPCC: 
  • Astra HR
  • Cine Learning Productions
  • Ernst & Young
  • Family Medical Center of Torrance
  • South East Texas Health Access Network
 
We now have 749 signing members.  
 
V. PCMH in the Press
 
"Nurse Practitioners Are Team Members, Not Leaders, in the PCMH", AAFP, 'This year, the U.S. Congress passed landmark health care reform legislation that has been, and continues to be, hotly debated. Whatever happens with the health care reform legislation, however, there is no doubt that health care in the United States needs to be rebuilt. And that requires that all health care providers, including family physicians, think about the future of their individual professions.  Some health care professions, however -- particularly nurse practitioners, or NPs -- seem to see the current broken health care system as an opportunity to expand their scope of practice, and they are seeking to legislate that expansion at both the national and local levels, regardless of whether they are equipped to handle the responsibility or not.' To read the full content, please click here.
 
"The Virtual Medical Home: A Sure Bet to Bring Care Closer to the Patient", ArticlesBase, 'I'm not a gambling man, but I would venture to place a confident bet that the majority of patients in this country have never taken a good look at their personal medical record. If they did, they might be surprised to find the gaps in information that their primary care doctors rely on for their diagnoses, treatment and long term care plans. Lucky for us, and our family healthcare providers, the days of paper files, illegible handwriting, missing lab work and unfilled prescriptions are coming to a close with the advent of healthcare technology and the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH).' To read the full content, please click here.
 
Collaborative Centers
 
In order to make best use of our membership base and resources the Collaborative has restructured, our various task forces and projects into more formal Centers. This transition has shifted the scope of work for the Collaborative and expanded the mandates for the various subgroups. Below, please find a brief list of the functions for the Centers, for a more detailed descriptions and goals of each Center please follow the linked Center names.
 
For more information please contact Relja Ugrinic at rugrinic@pcpcc.net or call 703.724.3332.
  • 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.
  • Center for Consumer Engagement: Engage the consumer in  awareness activities through three ways: day-to-day operations, messaging and pilots.  The center will continue the use of “Patient-Centered Medical Home”, but focus on how the concept and its components are communicated to the public and partner with large consumer groups to capitalize on their visibility and existing efforts.
A. Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstration
 
So far on these calls, we have received updated information from medical home projects in various stages of development across the country. Some groups have been working on practice transformation, and assisting physicians to provide services called for in the joint principles. Others have involved payers and are working to develop a system of reimbursement that uses quality measurement tools to combine a performance component to physician reimbursement.
 
On November 2nd the Center held a call featuring:
 
Presentation Topic: An Overview of the BCBS Experience with PCMH
 
To register to recieve CMD emails, please click here, and look under the newsletter subscription section.
For more information please contact Relja Ugrinic at rugrinic@pcpcc.net or call 202.724.3332.
 
The Center will have its next call on December 7th at 2PM EST.

B. Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation
 
With the expansion of the former State Medicaid Working Group this Center is currently in the process of reassessing our short and long-term goals. We plan to retain our current focus on state Medicaid programs, however we also plan on approaching implementation of the PCMH model in public payer programs from the perspective of the state as an employer, and federal health programs such as Medicare and the Veterans Administration.
 
On Tuesday, November 16th, the Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation had their monthly call. 
The call featured:

I. Introductions

Co-Chairs: Terry McInnis, GlaxoSmithKline; Allen Dobson, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, retired; Donna Lichti, Pfizer Health Solutions; Gary Jacobs, Universal American Corp.; Lesley Reeder, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
PCPCC Executive Director: Edwina Rogers
 
II. Speaker -  Report Out on New National Academy for State Health Policy Paper - Mike Stanek, Research Assistant, National Academy for State Health Policy
 
To view the full agenda and presentation materials, please click here.
 
If you are interested in learning more about current medical home projects within the Medicaid systems please click this link for a resource produced by our partners at the National Academy for State Health Policy.
 
Additionally, if you visit the CPPI site, you can view information on CMS' Medicare Medical Home Demonstrations, or you can click here to view the information.
For more information please contact Relja Ugrinic at rugrinic@pcpcc.net or call 202.724.3332.
To register to recieve CPPI emails, please click here and look under the newsletter subscription section.
 
The next Center call  is scheduled for December 21st at 3PM EST.

C. Center for Employer Engagement
 
On the November 10th phone call, the Center conducted a meeting and tackled a number of important issues, including:

Introductions

Co-Chairs: Duane Putnam, Pfizer, Inc.; Bruce Sherman, MD, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Robert Dribbon, Merck & Co., Inc.

I.  Introductions

Co-Chairs: Duane Putnam, Pfizer, Inc.; Bruce Sherman, MD, Whirlpool Corporation; Robert Dribbon, Merck & Co., Inc.

II.  Update on PCMH Metrics work for employers and other purchasers      (Measuring the impact of PCMH on healthcare utilization, cost, quality, absenteeism, presenteeism and employee health status.)

III. General Mills MyMedsManagement Outcomes  Victoria Losinski, Pharm.D., Ph.D. Candidate Director of Implementation Medication Management Systems, Inc. (Presentation Attached)

The Center will have its next call on December 14th at 3PM EST.
 
D. Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange

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.
 

On November 11th, the Center held a webinar featuring:

  • Health Information Technology Framework for Population Health Management
To view the agenda, please click here.
 
To register to recieve CeHIA emails, please click here and and look under the newsletter subscription section.
 
E.  Center for Consumer Engagment
 
The PCPCC has formed a fifth Center, the Center for Consumer Engagement.  If you are interested in representing your organization in this new Center, please email Relja Ugrinic, at rugrinic@pcpcc.net, and you will be added to the listserv.

On the Center's recent call, on October 29th, the following occured.

 

ssessing Patient-Centered Medical Homes from the Patient’s Perspective: Developing the CAHPS® PCMH Survey [12:10-12:30]

Speaker

Patricia M. Gallagher- Senior Research Fellow, Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts Boston  

Trish Gallagher, a medical sociologist, is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Survey Research at UMass Boston and a member of the Yale CAHPS Team.  She is a long-time contributor to the CAHPS project, serving on the Instrument Development Team.  Trish talked about both the development of the CAHPS Patient-Centered Medical Home survey instruments and the focus group she conducted with parents whose children are patients at MGH’s Coordinated Care Clinic.

 
The Center will be having its next call on November 17th at 12:00 PM EST.
 
VII. General PCPCC Call Schedule

Below please find the dates for the various weekly Collaborative phone calls.
Please note that all Collaborative calls except the Executive Committee are held on the same conference call line.
The call-in number is: 712-432-3900.  The passcode is 471334.  The moderator code is 406354.
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VIII.  Executive Committee needed

There are 61 members of the Executive Committee:

Abbott; Aetna, Inc; Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovations; AllScripts; American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Physicians; American Osteopathic Association; AMERIGROUP Community Care; Amgen; BlueCross BlueShield; Boehringer Ingelheim; Bon Secours Medical Group; Bristol-Myers Squibb; CIGNA HealthCare; CVS Caremark; DMAA: Care Continuum Alliance; EHE International; Geisinger Health Plan; GlaxoSmithKline; Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program; Healthways; Hooper Holmes; Humana, Inc.; IBM; Interim HealthCare, Inc; Intuit Health Group; Johnson & Johnson; The Joint Commission; Kaiser Permanente; King Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Lilly USA; Living Well for Coca-Cola North America; McKesson Corporation; MedAssurant, Inc.; Medco; Merck & Company; Microsoft; MidMichigan Health; MVP Health Care; National Changing Diabetes Program (Novo Nordisk); NextGen Healthcare Information Systems; American College of Nurse Practitioners; National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; Pfizer; Philips Healthcare; PhRMA; Phytel; Priority Health; PRISM; Robert Bosch Healthcare; Sanofi-Aventis; Taconic IPA, Inc.; Thomson Reuters; TransforMED; The TriZetto Group; UnitedHealthcare; Universal American Corp.; UPMC Health Plan; Walgreens; and Wellpoint, Inc.

 
                     
IX. Officers
 
Chairman
John Crosby, American Osteopathic Association
 
President
Paul Grundy, MD, IBM
 
Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstration
Co-Chairs: Sally Bleeks, BCBSA; Julie Schilz, Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative; Shari Erickson, American College of Physicians; John Swanson, American Academy of Family Physicians; Guy Mansueto, Phytel
 
Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation
Co-Chairs: Terry McInnis, GlaxoSmithKline; Allen Dobson, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, retired; Donna Lichti, Pfizer Health Solutions, Gary Jacobs, Universal American Corp, Lesley Reeder, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
 
Center for Health Benefit Redesign and Adoption
Co-Chairs: Duane Putnam, Pfizer, Inc., Bruce Sherman, MD, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Robert Dribbon, Merck & Co., Inc.
Co-Vice Chairs – Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health, and Andrew Webber, National Business Coalition on Health 
 
Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange

Co-Chairs: Dr. David Nace, McKesson Health Solutions (David.Nace@mckesson.com), William Rollow, IBM (wrollow@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:

Center for Consumer Engagement
 
Co-Chairs: - 
  • Christine Bechtel - National Partnership for Women & Families 
  • Julie J. Martin, MS - Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation
  • Warwick Charlton, MD - Medfusion
 
Collaborative Directors
Executive Director – Edwina Rogers erogers@pcpcc.net, 202.724.3331
Director of Operations and External Affairs - Relja Ugrinic rugrinic@pcpcc.net 202.724.3332
 
XI. Advisory Board

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
The Homer Building
601 Thirteenth Street, NW, Suite 400 North
Washington, DC 20005
Edwina Direct:  (202) 417-2081
Edwina Cell: (202) 674-7800
Relja Direct:  (202) 724-3332
Relja Cell: (703) 585-9165
Fax: (202) 393-6148

erogers@pcpcc.net

rugrinic@pcpcc.net