REMINDER: Call Agenda, Today, Thursday 5th, 11:00AM EST (With New Meetings)

 
 
This is a reminder to those who are available that on Thursday February 5th at 11:00am EST we will hold a call for the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Welcome to those who are on the list for the first time this week. Please forward this on to anyone we may have omitted.
 
Thursday, February 5th,  11:00 am Eastern Standard Time
 
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.
 
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.
 
If you have not registered to recieve this newsletter, follow this link and there is an easy registration process on our website.  Additionally, the previous national Thursday call agendas are listed on this page.
 
Please note that all of the attachments are linked at the bottom of the agenda.
 
I. Collaborative Announcements
  
A.  Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change - The Future of Family Medicine
 
A recent Kansas Public Radio piece spoke on the Patient Centered Medical Home being implemented in a Kansas residency program and the need for the PCMH to be a foundation of the U.S. health care system.  The piece also references the PCPCC website, the Joint Principles of the PCMH and the American Academy of Family Physicians, among others.  To listen to the audio, please click here.
 
B. Former Sen. Tom Daschle Withdraws as HHS Nominee
 
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle withdrew his name from the nomination as the new head of the Department ofHealth and Human Services amid controversy.  The Center will keep a close eye on President Obama's new candidate for the position.
 
C. Request to Congress for Legislation to Improve Primary Care
 
Attached at the bottom of this email please find two letters, from the American College of Physicians and the American Osteopathic Association, asking Congress to include the improvement of patient centered primary care and medical homes in the upcoming stimulus package.  We ask that you send similar requests, on behalf of your organizations to Congress and the respective committees with jurisdiction over the economic stimulus package legislation.
 
D.  Medical Neigborhood Webinar
 

On Feburary 10th, at 3:00PM EST, there will be a Webinar regarding medical neighborhoods.  At this time, registration for the Webinar is closed.  For those that cannot attend, the Collaborative will be posting the audio from the event 48 hours after its conclusion.

E. New Website on Medical Homes
 
MedicalHomeNews.com is a new monthly newsletter for health care professionals interested in Patient Centered Medical Homes.  To visit this site, please click here.
 
F. Webinar: Patient Assignment into the Medical Home: Building a Collaborative Patient-Centric Approach
 
On Feburary 12, the Healthcare Intelligence Network is holding a Webinar concerning medical homes.  Dr. Anita Murcko, Medical Director of Clincial Informatics and Provider Adoption with the Arizon Health Care Cost Containment System will examine various approaches to medical home assignment and the factors that can impact an effective assignment. If you wish to find out more about this webinar, please click here.
 
G. Medical Journal Articles Regarding PCMH
 
The Collaborative is calling for medical journals articles concerning the PCMH.  If you have any suggestions, please email Relja Ugrinic, at rugrinic@pcpcc.net.
 
H. Emmi Solutions - Developing an understandable and comprehensive method to communicate the benefits of the medical home concept to patients.
 
Attached, at the bottom of the agenda, please find the PowerPoint materials from a recent presentation by Bob Tavares, VP Care Management, Emmi Solutions, LLC.
 
I. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Fortney (Pete) Stark, D-Calif, Introduces Health IT Bill
 
Prior to last week's Inaguaration of President Obama, House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark introduced legislation, looking to overhaul the U.S. Healthcare system through advances in technology.  To read more on the Health IT bill, please click here.
 
J. Multi-CEO Letter to Congress in Support of President Obama's High Tech Stimulus Initiatives
 
IBM has drafted a letter of support for Congress' HIT bill.  The letter states that the investment in America's IT network infrastructure will address the need for health care IT improvement, such as electronic medical record keeping, as well as not only stimulate the economy, but promote long-term growth.  The letter, in its entirety, can be found at the bottom of the agenda.
 
K. National Medical Home Summit - March 2nd-3rd
 
The National Medical Home Summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Philadephia, PA.  For more information, please click here.  PCPCC members are offered a $100 discount on individual onsite and online registration for the Summit.  Additionally, the PCPCC has been offered a complimentary exhibit at the Summit. 
 

L. Engaging the Consumer (Family, Patient, Employee, Community, Etc.)

 
The Executive Committee, through strategic planning, has decided to organize a meeting with consumer advocacy groups.  We hope to use this meeting to develop consumer engagement deliverables for the four centers.  There will be a follow up press release after the meeting.  Before we schedule this summit, we would like to identify and catalog currently available consumer PCMH resources.  After we go through this process, then it will be easier to determine which materials are missing.
 
We are starting to build a consumer PCMH resource center on our website and would like to serve as a national resource for multi-stake holder demonstration projects and other interested parties.  Therefore, we are requesting a call for all PCMH consumer materials that are publicly available.  We are looking for the following types of materials: brochures, patient/physician agreements, webinars, patient feedback surveys, best practice guidelines, focus group results, explanatory films, PCMH tagline ideas and model employee communications.
 
Also, we are looking to identify all of the PCMH engaged consumer groups that should be included in such a strategy session.  Please contact Edwina Rogers directly with your ideas and/or materials at (erogers@pcpcc.net) or at 202-674-7800.
 
We have heard from many consumer groups that would like to get more engaged in the Patient-Centered Medical Home movement and we continue to identify others.  Our initial list is attached at the end of this agenda.  Please review it and let Edwina Rogers, at erogers@pcpcc.net or 202-724-3331, know who is missing.
 
 

II. Important Links

 
The Pilot Project Guide is now online and available for download.  Please click here to sign-up and download the document. 
 
 
October 17 Healthy Momentum: The Patient-Centered Medical Home Summit
 
July 24/25 Medicaid Summit Materials:
 
III. 2009 Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative Meeting Dates
 
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - Washington D.C., Stakeholder Meeting - Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20004
  • Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Washington D.C., Stakeholder Meeting - Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington D.C. 20004
  • Thursday October 22, 2009 - Washington D.C., Annual Summit
IV. Collaborative Outreach
 
The Collaborative would like to welcome the following groups as the newest signing members of the PCPCC: 
  • Cheshire Medical Center-Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene
  • Children's Memorial Hospital Faculty Practice plan
  • Deborah L. Peery, MD
  • Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services
  • Medical Homes of America
  • National Nursing Centers Consortium
  • North American Primary Care Research Group
We now have 375 signing members.
 
Additionally, please find the newest Signers document attached at the bottom of this week’s agenda.
 
V. PCMH in the Press
 
"Patient-Centered Medical Homes Can Improve Care, Reduce Costs", Independence Blue Cross senior vice president of Health Services Richard Snyder, MD, discussed Pennsylvania's first Chronic Care Initiative at the National Governors Association Center meeting for Best Practices in New Orleans. The program combines features of the "chronic-care model" and also the "patient-centered medical home".  To read this article, please click here. 
 
 

"U.S. Stimulus Would Pour Billions Into Health", Maggie Fox, Rueters.com.  "Economic stimulus plans would pour billions into healthcare, propping up Medicaid, the government health insurance plan for the poor, and pushing doctors and hospitals to move from paper to computers."  To read the entire article, please click here.

 

VI.  PCPCC 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 Health Benefit Redesign and Implementation: 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.
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 Tuesday, January 13th, CMD had its first call of the calendar year, featuring:
I.  Presentation and Discussion- Sue Bornstein, MD, FACP, Texas Patient Centered Medical Home Demonstration Project. 

II.  Suggestions on Presentations from other PCMH Pilots.

III. Discussion on Pilot Programs Activity

  • Begin a dialogue on creating a visual for inital stakeholder meetings for pilots just beginning (more discussion to occur on future Center calls)
  • Update on Blue Cross Blue Shield Plan Pilots 
The agenda and presentation materials from the last CMD call can be found here.
 
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 Feburary 10th 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, February 3rd, the Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation Federal Programs Group had their monthly call.  There was a presentation by Dr. Kaytura Felix-Aaron who spoke regarding the work done by Federally Qualifed Health Centers (FQHC) with medical homes.  Places such as the Marillac Clinic in Grand Junction Colorado with a PCMH including mental health and the partnership the Collaborative has in the Mid Hudson Valley in the THINC PCMH effort have proved beneficial. 
 
We also discussed on this call the current state of play on legistlation regarding the PCMH.  Please see the agenda for full details.
 

To view the full agenda, please click here.  The PowerPoint presentation is attached to the agenda.

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 February 17th at 3PM EST.

C. Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation
  
At the July 16th Stakeholders' Working Meeting the Collaborative released the final version of the Purchaser Guide. The Purchaser Guide is a handbook for understanding the medical home model and taking action to advance its implementation. Please find the press release and download link here.
 
  
Check here to access two new important documents about making the business case for models such as the Patient-Centered Medical Home provided to the Collaborative from the National Business Group on Health. For more information please contact Relja Ugrinic at rugrinic@pcpcc.net or call 703.585.9165.
 
On the February 4th phone call, the Center conducted a meeting and tackled a number of important issues.
Our Speaker details are below:
  • Presentation - Bob Tavares, VP Care Management, Emmi Solutions, LLC will present to the Center "The Power of Conversation. Emmi Program: Introduction to the Medical Home".  PowerPoint presentation is attached at the bottom of the agenda.  The Center is pleased to have Bob Tavares speak regarding the work done by Emmi Solutions in developing a understandable and comprehensive method to communicate the benefits of the medical home concept to consumers.

To view the agenda for the CBRI call held on Wednesday, January 21st at 3:00PM EST, please click here. 

 
To register to recieve CBRI emails, please click here and look under the newsletter subscription section.
 
The Center will have its next call on February 18th at 3PM EST.
 
D. Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange

The Center for eHealth Information Exchange and Adoption will serve a number of related functions. The first will to be 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 December 2nd, the Center had a Strategy Workshop in Washington, DC to discuss the next steps for the group in the upcoming calendar year.
 
The Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange met Thursday January 15th at 1:00pm EST.  The call featured the introduction of a new Webex format for the Center's meetings.  The agenda, including the new call-in and Webex log-in detailas, can be found on the Center's website, here.
 
Agenda items included:

I.  Discussion of proposed new meeting format

II.   Review of workplan for April publication (PCMH HIT Resource Guide)

III.  Review of proposed landscaping exercise for the Center

IV.  Potential opportunities for CeHIA support from AHRQ grants

V.  Recommendations from Participatory Engagement Program Team
 

The Center's previous call was held on December 18th at 1PM EST. To view the full agenda, please click here.

For those who are interested in participating with this Center, please contact Chris Nohrden (nohrden@us.ibm.com) or Relja Ugrinic at rugrinic@pcpcc.net, or 202.724.3332
 
To register to recieve CeHIA emails, please click here and and look under the newsletter subscription section.
 
The Center will be having its next call on February 12th at 1PM EST.
 
VII. Meetings
 
Upcoming Meetings
  • February 5th, 1:00PM EST, Sara Selgrade, Ph.D., ASHG/NHGRI Genetics and Public Policy Fellow, Office of Senator Tom Harkin, 731 Hart Senate Office Building  
  • February 5th, 4:00PM EST, Patricia DeLoache, Office of Senator Orrin Hatch, 104 Hart Senate Office Building
  • February 5th, 4:45PM EST, Nicole Tapay, Office of Senator Ron Wyden, 223 Dirksen Building
  • February 6th, 2:00PM EST, Dr. Ken Thorpe, Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, 712-432-3900, Passcode: 471334#.
Recently Completed Meetings  
  • Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009, Amy Hall and Hasan Sarsour, House Energy and Commerce Committee Staff, 11:00AM EST, 2125 Rayburn Building.
  • January 16th, 1:00PM EST, Elizabeth Engel and Dora Hughes, Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team, 451 6th St. NW, Washington D.C. 20001
  • January 16th, 10:00AM EST, Gretchen Alkema, PhD, John Heinz/ Health and Aging Policy Fellow, Senator Blanche Lincoln's staff, 355 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington D.C.  20510
  • Senator Grassley's (R-IA) staff, Tuesday, January 13th, at 3:00PM EST, 712-432-3900, Passcode: 471334# .
  • Monday January 12th, at 1:30PM EST, Staff of Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), 2335 Rayburn Building, Washington D.C.
  • Mayra Alvarez, Senator Durbin's office, 309 Hart Building, Washington D.C., January 9th, at 11:00 AM EST,  Participation is limited to only six people, so if you are interested in attending, please contact Edwina Rogers, at erogers@pcpcc.net or 202-674-7800.
  • Katy Barr, Senate HELP Committee, Friday, January 9th, at 9:30 AM EST,Location: TBA.  Please contact Edwina Rogers, at 202.674.7800 for location details.
  • Kelly Whitener and David Schwartz , Senate Finance Committee, Friday January 9th, at 9:30 AM EST, 712-432-3900, Passcode: 471334#.
  • January 7th, 9:30 AM EST, Andrea Maker, Martin's Point Healthcare, Washington D.C.
  • January 7th, 1:00PM EST Dr. Anne O'Malley, Debbie Peike, Center for Health Systems Change, 600 Marlyand Ave, Suite 550 Washington, D.C.
  • December 19th, Senate HELP Committee Staff, 10:00AM EST, Senate Hart Building, Washington D.C.
  • Jason Spangler, Managing Senior Fellow & Senior Program Officer; Corinne Husten, Interim President,  Partnership for Prevention, 1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington D.C. 20036, (202) 833-0009, December 17, 2008, 3:30PM.
  • Leah Binder, CEO, The Leapfrog Group, 1150 17th Street NW, Suite 600, Washington D.C. 20036, Monday December 15th, 4:00PM. 
  • Dr. Gail Wilensky, Senior Fellow, ProjectHope, 7500 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814, 301 347-3902, December 9th, 3:00PM
  • Laura Galbreath, Director of Policy and Advocacy, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, 1701 K Street NW, Suite 400, Washington DC 20006-1526, (202) 684-7457 December 8th, 3:00PM EST
  • Chris Dawe, Committee Staff, Senate Finance Committee, Dirksen 219, December 4th, 2:00PM
  • Sharon Moffatt, Chief of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 2231 Crystal Drive Suite 450, Arlington, VA 22202, November 12th 10AM
  • Claudia Schlosberg, J.D., Director, Policy and Advocacy, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, 1400 L Street, NW Suite 350, November 11, 10:00AM
  • Julie Ingoglia, Program Manager, Community Health, National Association of County & City Health Officials, November 10th, 1PM
  • Joel Weissman, Ph.D., Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Secretary, Mass. Exec. Office of Health and Human Services, November 10, 12:00PM, 617-573-1758
  • Dr. Norman Wetterau, American Society of Addictive Medicine, 1400 L Street, NW Suite 350, November 5th, 4PM
  • Maureen Mitchell, Convener, MAPRX Coalition, 2000 L Street, NW Suite 710, November 5th, 10:30 AM
  • Dr. Elizabeth Duke, Administrator, HRSA October 23rd 3:30pm, Rockville, MD
  • Shane Canfield, Executive Director, Council on Employee Benefits, October 24th, 3PM, PCPCC Offices, 1400 L Street, NW, Suite 350, Washington D.C., Phone Number: 703-549-6025
  • Kirsten Bernonio, Policy Director, Mental Health America; Sabrina Corlette, Health Policy Director, National Partnership for Women and Families; Mark Gorman, Online Advocacy, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship; Maureen Mitchell, Covener, MAP Rx, Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.; Shawn O'Neail, Associate Vice President, Federal Government Affairs, National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Julie Venners, Vice President, Government Relation, Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.; Janet S. McUlsky, Senior Director Alliance Development, Pfizer; Dr. Thomas Barsanti, Director Medical Policy, Coporate Affairs, Pfizer; Duane C. Putnam, Director National Employer Groups, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations, Pfizer; October 16th, 12:00 PM EST Washington D.C.
  • William Jessee, President and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, October 15th 3pm; (Call-in Number: 218.339.2626; Passcode: 809212)
  • Beverly Johnson, Institute for Family-Centered Care, October 9th, 3pm, 7900 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 405., Bethesda, MD.  Phone Number: 301-652-0281
  • David Kendall, Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Progressive Policy Institute, October 8th, 5pm, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, D.C. Phone Number: 202-546-0007
  • Pat Libbey, Executive Director; Cindy Phillips, Senior Advisor for Community Health; and Michelle Chuk, Senior Advisor, Healthiest Nation Alliance, National Association of County and City Health Officials, October 1st, 12pm, 1100 17th Street, NW Suite 200, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Samuel Lin, American Medical Group Association, September 18, Lunch at Indigo
  • Billy Wynne, Senate Finance Committee, Sept 17, 3pm
  • Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, Executive Director, The John Stoekle Center for Primary Care innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Sept. 8 2pm, PCPCC- 1400 L St. NW, Suite 350, Washington, D.C.
To Be Arranged / Follow Up
  • All Consumer, Community and Patient Advocacy groups
  • State Governments
  • Medicaid Officials
  • Insurance Commissioners
  • Council of State Governments
  • National Conference of State Legislators
  • Mario Lopez, Congressional Hispanic Conference
  • American Board of Family Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Telemedicine Association
VIII. 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.
  • 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.  2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25, 7/9, 7/23, 7/30, (no August calls), 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, 12/10, 12/17
  • Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstration - Bi-weekly – Tuesday, 2 PM EST  2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/24, 4/7, 4/21, 5/5, 5/19, 6/2, 6/16, 6/30, 7/14, 7/28, (no August calls), 9/8, 9/22, 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15
  • Center for Public Payer Implementation  – Tuesday, 3 PM EST

Federal Programs - 1st Tuesday of the month - 2/3, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5, 6/2, 7/7, (no August calls), 9/8, 10/6, 11/3, 12/1
Medicaid - 3rd Tuesday of the Month -  2/17, 3/17, 4/21, 5/19, 6/16, 7/21, (no August calls), 9/15, 10/20, 11/17 12/15      

  • Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation – Bi-weekly - Wednesday, 3 PM EST -  2/4, 2/18, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, 4/29, 5/13, 5/27, 6/10, 6/24, 7/8, 7/22, (no August calls), 9/16, 9/30, 10/14, 10/28, 11/11, 12/9
  • Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange – Monthly - Thursday, 1 PM EST - 2nd Thursday of the Month - 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, 6/11, 7/9, (no August calls), 9/10, 10/8, 11/12, 12/10
  • Legislative Committee – (Thursday, 3 PM EST) This call will happen every Thursday, at 3:00PM EST, for the forseeable future.
  • Executive Committee Call – Monthly – 4:00-5:30 pm EST, (In 2009, the PCPCC Officers will be convening on a monthly basis while the full executive committee will be meeting quarterly.) 2/24, 3/24 (full executive committee), 4/21, 5/19, 6/23 (full executive committee), 7/28, (no August call), 9/22 (full executive committee), 10/27, 11/17 (full executive committee), (no December call)
IX.  Executive Committee

There are 36 members of the Executive Committee: Aetna; Alere; American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Physicians; American Osteopathic Association; Anthem BCBS Ohio; BlueCross BlueShield; CIGNA; CVS Caremark; DMAA: Care Continuum Alliance; the Dow Chemical Company; EHE International; Geisinger Health System; GlaxoSmithKline; Health Care Services Corporation;  Humana, Inc.; IBM; Johnson & Johnson; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Corporation; Medco; Merck; Microsoft; Novartis; Pfizer; PhRMA; Priority Health; Sanofi-Aventis; Taconic IPA, Inc.; TransforMED; UnitedHealthcare; Universal American Corp.; Walgreens; Wal-Mart; and Wellpoint.
                      
X. Officers
 
Chair
Paul Grundy, MD, IBM
 
Vice Chairs
American Academy of Family Physicians: Doug Henley
American Academy of Pediatrics: Fan Tait
American College of Physicians: John Tooker
American Osteopathic Association: John Crosby
 
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
 
Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation
Co-Chairs: Terry McInnis, GlaxoSmithKline; Allen Dobson, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, retired; Jijo James, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Pfizer Health Solutions
Federal Programs Chair: Gary Jacobs, Universal American Corp.
State Medicaid Chair: 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
Co-Vice Chairs – Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health, and Andrew Webber, National Business Coalition on Health
Executive Director - Robert Dribbon, Merck & Co., Inc.
 
Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange
Co-Chairs: David Nace, McKesson Corporation, Janet Marchibroda, eHealth Initiative and Dr. James Crawford,North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Subgroup Leaders: Thom Khun, American College of Physicians; David Kibbe, American Academy of Family Physicians, Terry McGeeney, TransforMED Inc.
Executive Director - Chris Nohrden
 
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 17 member organizations of the advisory board and they are: AARP, American Board of Internal Medicine, 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 Committee for Quality Assurance and the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. We are considering additional advisory board representatives from state based groups and labor organizations.

XII. NASHP/PCPCC Joint Medicaid Taskforce

Before the recess, the PCPCC and the National Academy for State Health Policy, funded by a grant from the Commonwealth Fund successful convened a two-day meeting of state public health teams interested in sharing experiences and learning about the patient-centered medical home. The meeting featured a series of expert speakers on topics ranging from HIT support, to orchestrating pilots, and involving private sector partnership. Materials from the meeting and further details are available at NASHP’s website.
 
The third joint webcast was held on November 12th from 1-2:30pm EST, which focused on private sector demonstration projects, and how state public health programs can and should participate.
 
For more information, including agenda, please click here.
 
For the full presentations and the resources from the July 24-25th meeting please check NASHP's website here.
 
Additionally, to view the results of NASHP's State Medical Home Scan, please click here.
 
XIII. Legislative Issues and Hearings
 
 
Our next Legislative call is today, Thursday February 5th, at 3:00PM EST.  Please find the agenda, located on the Center's website:
 
Call in number: 712-432-3900
Passcode: 471334#
Moderator Code: 406354
Please press *6 on your phone to mute and *7 to unmute.

 

XIV. Grant Funding

The PCPCC looks forward to working with interested parties in constructing proposals to secure additional grant funding from institutions looking to support both public and private sector Medical Home research and demonstrations.
 
There may be an opportunity at CMS’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for some community grants. The information is linked below, and we hope anybody with knowledge of the HRSA’s goals and projects, or people who have worked with that organization in the past can coordinate strategy with the PCPCC staff to submit a strong application for that grant. It seems they are specifically focused on the Medical Home:
 
 
We are developing a target list of organizations such as the Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and numerous employer foundations for future collaboration on projects surrounding the Medical Home concept.
 
We are currently looking to hire a professional grant writer to work with the PCPCC on these efforts.
 
XV. Upcoming Conferences and Events
  • January 22; February 27 - The Health Action Council Ohio has invited Edwina Rogers to give the keynote address at their two annual meetings to be held in Ohio.  For more information please click here.
  • January 28 - Michigan State Medical Society Foundation - MSMS Conference on Patient Centered Medical Home - Somerset Inn, Troy, MI
  • February 2-5 - TEPR+ 2009 Conference - "Explore Compelling Options for Smarter Healthcare".  For further information, please click here.
  • February 3-5 - 4th Annual Health and Human Capital Congress will be held in Washington, D.C. For more information, please click here.
  • March 2-3 - National Medical Home Summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Philadephia, PA.  For more information, please click here.  *PCPCC members are offered a $100 discount on individual onsite and online registration for the Summit*.
  • May 13-14 - The World Health Care Congress Europe 2009 - Innovations in Patient-Centered Care, Technology Deployment and Advanced Care Management to Develop Sustainable Health Care Models - Bedford Hotel & Congress Centre, Brussels, Belgium.  For more information, please click here.

Edwina Rogers
Executive Director
and
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) 724-3331
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

 

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H.R. 1--American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--Speaker Pelosi--012709.pdf91.48 KB
Stimulus package letter to Senate.doc72 KB
Emmi Medical Home Program CBRI 02.04.09.ppt1.84 MB
Multi-CEO Letter to Congress in Support of President Obama's High Tech Stimulus Initiatives.doc28 KB
Patient and Consumer Groups Interested in PCMH (Edited)_0_0.xls51 KB