| Call Agenda 01/26/12
Thursday, January 26th at 11:00am ET we will hold a call for the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
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SAVE THE DATE - Spring Stakeholder Conference
SAVE THE DATE - Spring Stakeholder Conference, April 23-24, 2012, Washington, DC Wardman Park Marriott. Registration open soon!
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Upcoming PCPCC Webinar
FREE WEBINAR TODAY! Please join us for a free and informative PCPCC webinar on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 1:00-2:30pm ET entitled "Innovation in the Medical Home: How Mobile and Social Technologies Can Accelerate Health Behavior Changes". Co-sponsored by the Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange, the Mobile Task Force, the Center for Consumer Engagement and the Behavioral Health Task Force, the webinar will feature Joseph Cafazzo, Ph.D., from the University of Toronto's Centre for Global eHealth Innovation. Some of the highlights of Dr. Cafazzo's discussion will include "user-centered design", how to apply social networking and social gaming to health care, patient self-care, and his views on enablers of system transformation. Dr. Joseph Cafazzo is Lead for the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, a state-of-the-art research facility devoted to the evaluation and design of healthcare technology, hosting seventy researchers and staff.
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Collaborative Announcements
1. Institute for Alternative Futures Primary Care 2025
IAF has developed Primary Care 2025: A Scenario Exploration, a set of scenarios describing the alternative futures of primary care in the U.S. in the year 2025. These scenarios consider the nation’s economic challenges, political polarization, and opportunities afforded by disruptive technological advances and new delivery systems. The report includes implications and recommendations based on the scenarios, developed at a National Workshop of leaders. The scenarios help organizations, associations, and communities to gain greater understanding of the challenges facing primary care as well as the options we may have in the years to come.
This project is supported by a grant from the Kresge Foundation as part of the foundation’s mission to improve the delivery and financing of health care in the United States. Policy-makers can use the scenarios to help them anticipate changes that affect policy and legislation. Health care providers can use the scenarios as a basis for strategic thinking and to help ensure that they are working toward their preferred future of primary care.
Scenario Workshop Toolkit: In addition to the full report, IAF has developed a scenario toolkit and slides to help organizations, health care providers, and communities to conduct scenario planning exercises and consider the implications of these Primary Care 2025 Scenarios for their own strategies and operations.
2. First organizations seek ACO accreditation from NCQA
Washington, DC—Six provider-based entities are the first aspiring accountable care organizations (ACOs) to seek accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) under the ACO Accreditation program NCQA launched in November.
The six early adopters are:
• Billings Clinic, Billings, MT
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
• Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, NY
• Essentia Health, Duluth, MN
• HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN
• Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, TX
The early–adopter designation means these organizations have committed to undergoing a full NCQA survey of their ACO capabilities between March 1 and December 31, 2012.
Benefits of being an early adopter include independent assessment of an organization’s readiness to be an ACO. Organizations that earn accreditation may have extra credibility and first-mover advantages in their local markets. Being an early adopter of ACO accreditation may also help an organization become eligible to participate in demonstration projects or pilot programs that public and private health plans sponsor.
Click HERE for more information or visit the NCQA web site at: www.ncqa.org
3. 2012 Best Practice Awards in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection
URAC, a leading health care accreditation and education organization, has issued a call for entries for its 2012 Best Practices Awards in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection. The awards program was created to honor the achievements of health care companies that actively pursue practices to advance consumer empowerment and protection in an exceptional, measurable and reproducible way. Submissions are being accepted at https://www.urac.org/13thAnnualSummit/bpa.asp.
“We are honored once again to showcase best-in-class practices from organizations across the health care spectrum and recognize those who truly engage consumers as partners,” said Alan P. Spielman, president and CEO of URAC.
URAC’s Best Practices Awards recognize the achievements of companies that are leading the industry in health care value, transparency and accountability. Last year’s winners included innovative companies such as Platinum Award recipients Catalyst Rx and Kaiser Permanente Northern California and the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation. Awards will be given in two categories:
Consumer Decision-Making – recognizes practices that educate consumers about their health care needs while providing the information, tools and resources necessary to promote empowerment. These could include health coaching, disease-specific education or behavior change programs.
Consumer Health Improvement – honors practices that are related to quality improvement in patient safety or health care outcomes such as drug therapy management, disease prevention or care coordination.The competition is open to six types of health care organizations:
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Health care provider practices;
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Health information/decision support companies;
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Health management companies;
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Health plans and health networks;
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Pharmacy management companies; and
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Workers’ compensation companies.
Deadline for entries is February 17, 2012. For questions about the award program, please email [email protected] or call 202-216-9010.
About URAC
URAC is an independent, nonprofit organization that promotes health care quality through its accreditation, education and measurement programs. URAC offers a wide range of quality benchmarking programs and services that keep pace with the rapid changes in the health care system and provide a symbol of excellence for organizations to validate their commitment to quality and accountability. Through its broad-based governance structure and an inclusive standards development process, URAC ensures that all stakeholders are represented in establishing meaningful quality measures for the entire health care industry. For more information, visit www.urac.org.
4. North Carolina Medical Homes save $1 billion
North Carolina's Medicaid medical home program saved nearly $1 billion in state and federal spending over four years, largely by reducing hospitalizations and emergency department visits.
The state's Medicaid care management program -- called Community Care of North Carolina -- covered about two-thirds of the state's 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees in 2010. Some beneficiaries, such as those living in nursing homes, are excluded from the care management program, which formally launched in 1998.
Overall savings for North Carolina's Medicaid medical home program have increased each year. Estimates are based on comparing claims data from enrollees in Community Care of North Carolina with those in traditional Medicaid.
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Fiscal year |
Enrollees |
Savings per
enrollee per month |
Annual savings |
Percent of
total spending |
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2007 |
983,356 |
$8.73 |
$103 million |
1.9% |
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2008 |
1,083,636 |
$15.69 |
$204 million |
3.4% |
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2009 |
1,176,778 |
$20.89 |
$295 million |
4.6% |
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2010 |
1,253,292 |
$25.40 |
$382 million |
5.8% |
Source: "Analysis of Community Care of North Carolina Cost Savings," Milliman, December 2011
Click HERE for the entire article in amednews.com
Upcoming Conferences and Webinars
1. Free CMS Care Innovations Summit - TODAY!
Internet Broadcast Available
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Care Innovations Summit: hashtag #cisummit
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
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8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
This event brings together representatives of health professions, the insurance industry, patient advocates, finance, and government to discuss ways they can collaborate to drive action towards better care and better health at lower cost through continuous improvement.
Registration to attend the event in person is now closed, but you don't have to be there in person to engage the care innovations community.
The Care Innovations Summit will be broadcast online in its entirety. Tune into hcidc.org throughout the day Thursday to watch.
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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.
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