Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
3:00pm-4:00pm, EST
Call in number: 218.339.2626   Code 754440#

Call Agenda

I Introductions

II. Discussion Items

A. Status of Department of Defense Medical Home Movement
B. Medicare Medical Home Demonstration Projects

i. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/DemoProjectsEvalRpts/downloads/MedHome_ODF_Slide.pdf

C. Consumer/Patient Materials

We have added a section onto our website, called "Consumers & Patients".  We hope that this new link will be a great resource for anyone visiting our website.  Currently in our Consumers section, we focus on the following four items:

 i. Harris Poll Findings Summary

 We are now pleased to have a summary of findings from the Harris Poll Survey and a press release discussing the results availabe online.  For more  information, please click here.

 ii. Center for Advancement of Health Consumer Guide

The Supporting Patient-Engagement in Patient-Centered Medical Home document is available for all to download. Simply provide us your name,  company, and email address so that if there are supplemental guides or implementation calls we can alert you.  Once you complete the short form  below you will immediately be provided a link to the Support PCMH PDF.  To download, please click here.

 iii. Family Centered Care Resources

The Institute for Family Centered Care has put together a resource guide for the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative.  They have directed us  to primary care resources from the Institute's website.  To view more information, please click here. 

 iv. Measuring Patient Experience

 "Practice Measurement: A New Approach for Demonstrating the Worth of Your Work", from the American Academy of Family Physicians is now  available for download.  For a complete document download, please click here.

D. Office of Personnel Management Federal Employer Program Update
E. Federal Health Reform Efforts
F. Approaching CMS Regarding Medical Home Concept
G. Review and Update Deliverables

III. Upcoming Events

1.  State Roles in Multi-Payer Medical Home Pilots, Wed.November 12, 2008; 1:00-2:30PM EST
This is the third in a series of web seminars on the patient centered medical home concept and the value it brings to primary care. This program will focus on existing multi-payer medical home pilot programs, covering defining characteristics of each, reimbursement methodologies, how the pilots are supporting practice transformation, and the state role in the effort.

For more information, including agenda, and registration link, please click here.

IV. Wrap-up and Next Agenda

Next call is: Tuesday December 2nd, 2008; 3:00 PM EST

Resources
Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation Website
http://www.pcpcc.net/content/center-promote-public-payer-implementation

Purchasers Guide: http://www.pcpcc.net/content/purchaser-guide
Pilot Guide: http://www.pcpcc.net/content/pcpcc-pilot-projects
 

Deliverables' Timeframe