Call Agenda - Thursday, September 29th, 11:00 AM ET

Thursday, September 29th at 11:00am ET we will hold a call for the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.

Call in number is 712.432.0900
Passcode is 868853
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Five Years Making Healthy Connections: Collaborating to Improve Care in the PCMH 

• DATE:  Friday, October 21, 2011
• LOCATION:  Ronald Reagan Building
  International Trade Center
  1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20004 

Keynotes: Dr Richard Baron, Director of Seamless Care Models Group at the CMS Innovation Center and Dr Carolyn Clancy, Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Panel topics will include:

• Workforce training and education in the PCM
• Outcomes of the PCMH - A closer look at the data
• Purchasers and payers in the ACO landscape
• Integrating behavioral health into the PCMH
• Team-based care in the PCMH

PCMH Happenings 

In total, the program has doled out about $3 million in its first months of operation — $2.1 million from commercial insurers and another $900,000 from Maryland Medicaid. The larger the practice — and more sick its mix of patients — the more money a doctor group received, according to information the Maryland Health Care Commission shared with the state’s Health Quality and Cost Council on Sept. 26.

Some of the money participating practices received could help them buy new e-health record systems, which can cost several tens of thousands of dollars. Practices that already have a so-called EHR could use the cash to bolster staff needed to keep closer tabs on patients.

The Maryland Health Care Commission expects all practices participating in its patient-centered medical home program to apply with the National Committee for Quality Assurance by Oct. 21. The committee certifies patient-centered medical home programs throughout the U.S.

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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. On September 27th the CMD will host a Webinar with Affinity Medical Group. 

• 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.  The next Task Force call will be Thursday, October 27th at 10 a.m. 

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.

• Task Force on Education and Training - Participants continue to  work with co-chairs Cynthia Belar and Libby Baxley to define the goals and activities of this new Task Force. They are focusing on the training and educational needs around PCMH of both the incoming and current workforce, and that of academic faculty across multiple disciplines.The next call will be held on October 19th at 4 p.m. ET 
• Task Force on Medication Management - The next call of the Medication Management Task Force will be held on Wednesday, October 12th at 11 a.m. ET.

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. The most recent call for the CCE featured a presentation by Kait Roe, Consumer Advocate and PCMH advisor. The next call will be held on Friday, October 28th.

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. The next call of the CAC will be held on Monday,  October 24th at 2 p ET.