Reminder: Center Call Agenda - Wednesday January 21st, 3:00PM ESTView Edit

• Update 5 Purchaser’s Guide Webinars to be conducted in next 7 months
  • December 2nd 3:00-4:00PM  USCC  (closed)  Michael Bailet and Colorado Pilot site - COMPLETED 
  • January 28th 3:00-4:00PM (FULL)
  • February 25th 3:00-4:00PM NBCH, NFIB, Union Coalitions, UAW, AFL CIO, SEIU(open to all comers)
  • March TBD Employee Benefits Organazations (Mercer, Buck Consulting, Aon, Deloitte, PWC, Watson-Wyatt), Retailers, NAM, HR Policy, BRT, Taft Hartley
  • April TBD City, State, County, OPM (Federal)

• Rebecca A. Malouin, Ph.D., M.P.H.- Assistant Professor - Department of Family Medicine and Department of Pediatrics and Human Development will speak with the Center regarding her thoughts on what else should constitute what qualifies as a PCMH. Please click here to view Dr. Malouin's short bio.

VI. Other Purchaser Guide Dissimination Oppurtunites

• Robert F. Graboyes, PhD, Senior Health Advisor at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is interested in participating in one of the upcoming webinars.  Please contact: Email: [email protected]. Phone number: 202-554-9000 
• Shane Canfield, Executive Director of the Council on Employee Benefits, is interested in a peer-to-peer company phone call regarding the Purchaser Guides, instead of a webinar.  Email Address: [email protected]. Phone number: 703-549-6025.

V. Employer Communication Needed on the Importance of Primary Care- (Barbara Starfield, ACP & AAFP; to send us their "importance documents"; Rob Dribbon, email request for information.)

• "Do you have a primary care doctor?"- Find related resources and articles containing information and statistics on access to adequate primary care for a possible draft Employer to Employee communications document.

VI.  Embed VBBD message into PCMH

• Discuss recent presentation made by Doug Henley and Jeff Harris to the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA).
• For an article supporting VBBD regarding Health Plans, please click here.
• The Center is very interested in assembling a guide on linking the PCMH to VBBD.  Model Langauge included below.
  • Establish a Resource Guide for employers as an expansion of the PCPCC Purchaser Guide (released in July, 2008). The Resource Guide will show linkage of the PCMH to benefit plan design. Content for the guide will be obtained from two sources:
    1. Employer case examples of value based benefit re-design strategies from  companies such as IBM, Dow Chemical and others;
    2. Subject matter experts in the area of wellness and prevention; value-based benefit design; comparative effectiveness and data collection; consumer portals and their role in patient self-management. This series of educational programs will be offered Jan-April, 2009 through the Center for Benefit Plan Redesign and Implementation. Content will be re-purposed and compiled into a Resource Guide to be released at the April or July, 2009 PCPCC Stakeholder meeting. 
     
    Among other things, presenters will be asked to answer the following:
    1. Describe the key aspects/elements of your health benefit plan re-design / how does this relate to the principles of the PCMH? What were the obstacles to your success/ what were the key success factors?
    2. How are you incorporating wellness/prevention and screening into your
          benefit plan design and in what way are you incorporating and
    engaging the primary care provider?
    3. How are co-pays and incentives encouraging access to new programs
          and services? 
    We will also encourage employers and subject matter experts to outline how deductibles, co-pays, incentives and schedule of benefits can encourage and /or support care coordination, medication management for chronic conditions and patient self-management- all within the context of the PCMH.

VII.  Create "Buyers Resource Center" to include: Best Practices, Buying Criteria, Consumer Engagement Tools, Purchaser Guide (and materials), Lessons Learned, "Toolkit" to support successful program evaluations/ employer engagement.

VIII.  Create a FAQ document

IX.  Purchaser Guide Summary (one page) - Create "Cheat Sheet" - Draft for all to review is attached.  (Draft created by Foong-Khwan Siew)

X. Communication Material on PCMH -Employer-Employee Communication Draft on PCMH; Model language that employers can use to educate employees on the PCMH. (Initial Draft attached).

XI. Produce a Key Membership List for the Center and work to encourage participation.

XII. Call Schedule

New Call-in Number is 712-432-3900     Passcode is 471334     Moderator code is 406354
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

XIII.  Resources
Center for Benefits Redesign and Implementation- Goals and Objectives: http://www.pcpcc.net/content/center-benefits-redesign-and-implementation

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

"Evidence Shows Positive Outcomes from Greater Investment in Primary Care", Steve Raetzman - Watson Wyatt, Employee Benefit News.  To read the full article, please click here. 

XIV.  Deliverables Timetable

 XV. Wrap-up & next call
Next call is: February 4th, 2009

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) 417-2081
Edwina Cell: (202) 674-7800
Relja Direct:  (202) 724-3332
Relja Cell: (703) 585-9165
Fax: (202) 393-6148

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