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This is a reminder to those who are available that on Thursday October 23 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, October 23, 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time
 
Call in number 218.339.2626
Passcode 754440#
 
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.
 
Note:  Due to technical issues, we will be changing our teleconferencing system in the near future.  We will have a new call-in number and access code soon.  Once we do, we will be sending out a notice well in advance of the meeting dates, so as to avoid any confusion.
 
If you have not registered to recieve this newsletter, follow this link and there is an easy registration process on our website.
 
Please note that all of the attachments are linked at the bottom of the agenda.
 
Collaborative Announcements
 
General PCPCC Powerpoint - For All to Use
 
Linked here, please find the latest version of the general use Patient-Centered Medical Home Powerpoint presentation.  As before, please feel free to download this and customize it for your use at meetings and/or events, as background material.
 
World Research Group Webinars Presents: Can the Patient-Centered Medical Home Deliver on Promises? Latest Updates and Developments.  For more information, click here.
 
We just wanted to share the agenda for this event...
 
  • Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) and its four subgroups
  • Medicare projects/actions relating to PCMH.
  • NCQA measurements/recognition for the PCMH
  • AHIP "endorsement" of the PCMH
Annual PCPCC Summit
 
This past Friday, October 17, 2008 PCPCC held their Annual Summit in Washington, DC – Renaissance Hotel. This was the PCPCC’s annual fall meeting where members and stakeholders from across the country gather in Washington D.C. The Summit featured a series of panel discussions on topics ranging from financial models to support the PCMH, its role in the health reform debate and electoral politics, its benefits to the consumer, and an international perspective on primary care.
 
The agenda from the event is on our website.  Please click here to view it. 
 
You can view brief biographies on all the speakers and moderators by clicking here.

PowerPoint presentations from the speakers can be downloaded here.
 

Patient-Centered Medical Home: Building Evidence and Momentum, A Compendium of PCMH pilot and demonstration projects

The Pilot Project Guide is now online and available for download.  Please click here to sign-up and download the document.

Consumers & Patients

We are added a new 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 three items:

Harris Poll Findings Summary

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

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.

 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.

Patient-Centered Medical Home Statements of Support

The PCMH Statements of Support document is available for download.  Please click here to be directed to the attachment.

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 publically available.  We are looking for the following types of materials: brochures, patient/physician agreements, webinars, patient feedback surveys, best practice guidelines, focus group results, explantory films, PCMH tagline ideas and model employee communications.
 
Also, we are looking to identifiy 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@eric.org) or at 202-789-1400.
 
Additionally, for those interested, please find information regarding the development of the Patient Charter (which was pushed by the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project), which has been adopted by consumer groups, employers, physician organazations, health plans and others, attached to this week's agenda.

Important Links

 
 
 
July 24/25 Medicaid Summit Materials:
 
2009 Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative Meeting Dates
 
  • Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - Washington D.C. Annual Stakeholder Meeting
  • Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Washington D.C. Annual Stakeholder Meeting
  • Thursday October 22, 2009 - Washington D.C. Annual Summit
Collaborative Outreach
 
The Collaborative would like to welcome: 
  • AccessOne Consumer Health, Inc.
  • Button Systems Inc.
  • Center for Healthy Communities
  • Center for the Advancement of Health
  • College of American Pathologists
  • Genesis Physicians Group
  • Health Care Clinics
  • Healthways
  • Impel Consulting
  • Kansas Chapter of Ameican College of Physcians
  • Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, Spain
  • Ohio Department of Health
  • PhRMA
  • QCP Management Services, LLLC
  • Quality First Healthcare Consulting, Inc.
  • Tampa Family Health Centers, Inc.
  • UW Medicine Pediatric Care Center
As the newest signing members of the PCPCC. We now have 292 signing members.
 
Additionally, please find the newest Signers document attached at the bottom of this week’s agenda.
 
Medical Home Audioconferences
 
On November 11th, CMS will be holding a Medical Home Audioconference, on the Medical Home Demonstration Projects Update.  Dr. Paul Grundy, Chairman of the PCPCC will be one of the faculty on hand to speak.  For agenda, materials and registration options, please visit the Medical Home Audioconferences site by clicking here.

PCMH in the Press
 
An article in North Carolina's The News & Observer recently published a story lauding the successes of a new approach called Community Care.  Dr. Ted Epperly, President of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Rohan Beesla, Director of Policy at the PCPCC were featured in the article.  To read the full article, please click here.
 
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 703.585.9165.
  • 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.
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, October 21st, CMD had a call featuring a presentation by Neva Kaye, Senior Program Director at the National Academy for State Health Policy.  Ms. Kaye's  presenation focused on a state and local policy update on how states are working to advance medical homes.
 
The agenda and presentation materials from the last CMD call can be found here.
 
To register to recieve CMD emails, please click here. 
For more information please contact Relja Ugrinic at rugrinic@pcpcc.net or call 703.585.9165.

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, October 21st, the Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation had a call to discuss a couple of items.  Topics of interest were updates on NASHP happenings and reimbursement models for Medical Homes.  For more information, including the agenda and meeting notes, please click here.
 
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 703.585.9165.
 
To register to recieve CPPI emails, please click here. 

Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation
  
At the July 16th Stakeholders' Working Meeting the Collaborative released the final version of the Purchaser Guide that we have been working on for the past few months. 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.
 
On October 1, at 3pm EST, Michael Bailit was featured in a FocusOnCall concerning the PCMH Purchasers Guide.  The agenda and speaker powerpoint can be obtained by clicking 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.
 
The Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation last spoke on Wednesday, October 15th, at 3:00PM EST.  An idea was proposed and a decision was made amongst the callers to draft and ideally distribute a survery on the Patient-Centered Medical Home Purchaser Guide.  In addition, it was suggested that there be a "FAQ" section on the center website for users to research some commonly found issues with the Purchaser Guide.  Also, an agreement was formally reached to refer to the center as the Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation instead of the Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Adoption.
 
The next CBRI call is scheduled for November 12th, at 3:00 EST.
 
To register to recieve CBRI emails, please click here. 
 
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.
 
The Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange last spoke on Thursday October 9th at 1:00pm EST.  A key issue at hand was the advancement and availability of electronic medical records.  The group also had the Co-Chairs of the three subgroups report out to the call on any updates in their repsective fields.
 
CeHIA will be holding its next call Thursday, November 13th, 1:00pm EST - 218.339.2626, 754440#. 
 
For those who are interested in participating with this Center, please contact Chris Nohrden (nohrden@us.ibm.com).
 
To register to recieve CeHIA emails, please click here. 
 
Meetings
Upcoming
  • 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
Recently Completed Meetings  
  • 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.
  • National Academy of Specialty Health Organizations, Aug 19, 2008
  • Mark Fenrick - University of Michigan Institute of Value Based Insurance Design - Conference Call - 12:00 pm EDT, Thursday July 31
  • Tim Fry, Manager, Government Affairs - National Rural Health Association - 1108 K St. NW 2nd Floor - 202.639.0550 - 2:00 pm EDT, Friday, July 25
  •  Mark Miller, Executive Director - MedPAC - 3:30 pm EDT, Wednesday July 23
  • Wes Matheny – PhRMA – 950 F St. NW – 2pm EDT, Tuesday July 22nd
  • Pat Ford-Roegner, CEO - American Academy of Nursing - 888 17th St. NW Suite 800 - 3:00pm EDT, Monday, July 21
  • Crystal Riley, Director of Professional Affairs, National Community Pharmacists Association, 100 Dangerfield Road, Alexandria, VA – 3:00 pm EDT, Thursday, July 10
  • James A. Stockman III, MD, President - American Board of Pediatrics - Conference Call  9:30 am EDT, Monday July 14
  • Mary Grealy, President – Health Leadership Council – 1001 Pennsylvannia Ave. NW – 2pm EDT, Monday July 14
  • Janet Corrigan, President & CEO, Helen Burstin, Senior VP of Performance Measures, and Karen Adams, VP of National Priorities - National Quality Forum - 601 13th St. NW 5th Floor - 3 pm EDT, Tuesday, July 8
  • Mike O'Reilly - Office of Senator Sununu - 111 Russel Senate Office Building - 2 pm EDT, Monday July 7
  • Janetta King- Senior Policy Advisor to Gov. Strickland- Ohio
  • Jon Wills Ex Dir Ohio Osteopathic Assoc.
  • Michigan Osteopathic Leadership Summit
  • Southern AAFP retreat in WV
  • Northern and Southern Women In Government meetings
To Be Arranged / Follow Up
  • State Governments
  • Medicaid Officials
  • Insurance Commissioners
  • Sylvia Johnson, Legislative Representative – UAW
  • Council of State Governments
  • National Conference of State Legislators
  • Mario Lopez, Congressional Hispanic Conference
  • Andrew Crowshaw, HHS, integrating Secretary Leavitt’s Value Driven Health Care Program
  • Association of State and Territorial Health Organizations
  • National Association of County & City Health Officials
  • Massachusetts Cost and Quality Council (Health Reform)
  • American Board of Family Medicine
  • American Board of Pediatrics
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. Call in number Dial in 218.339.2626 Passcode 754440.
  • 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. 10/23, 10/30, 11/06, 11/13, 11/20, 12/04, 12/11, 12/18, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 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  11/04, 11/18, 12/02, 12/16, 1/13, 1/27, 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 - 11/4, 12/2, 1/6, 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 - 11/18, 12/16, 1/13, 2/17, 3/17, 4/21, 5/19, 6/16, 7/21, (no August calls), 9/15, 10/20, 12/15      

  • Center for Health Benefits Redesign and Implementation – Bi-weekly - Wednesday, 3 PM EST - 10/29, 11/12, 12/10, 1/7, 1/21, 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 - 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 2/12, 3/12, 5/14, 6/11, 7/9, (no August calls), 9/10, 10/8, 11/12, 12/10
  • Legislative Committee – (Thursday, 3 PM EST) Dates TBA
  • Executive Committee Call – Monthly – 4:00-5:30 pm EST, 10/28, 11/18 (no December call). (In 2009, the PCPCC Officers will be convening on a monthly basis while the full executive committee will be meeting quarterly.) 1/27, 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)
Executive Committee

There are 37 members of the Executive Committee: Aetna; Alere Medical; American Academy of Family Physicians; American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Physicians; American Osteopathic Association; BlueCross BlueShield; The Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc.; CIGNA; CVS Caremark; DMAA: Care Continuum Alliance; the Dow Chemical Company; EHE International; ERIC, GlaxoSmithKline; Health Care Services Corporation; Healthways; Humana, Inc.; IBM; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Corporation; Medco; Merck; Microsoft; Novartis; Pfizer; PhRMA; Priority Health; Sanofi-Aventis; Taconic IPA, Inc.; TransforMED; UnitedHealthcare; Universal American Financial Corp.; Walgreens; Wal-Mart; WedMD; and Wellpoint.
                      
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 Financial Corp.
State Medicaid Chair: Lesley Reeder, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
 
Center for Health Benefit Redesign and Adoption
Co-Chairs: Cecily Hall, Microsoft and Duane Putnam, Pfizer, Inc.
Co-Vice Chairs – Mark Ugoretz, The ERISA Industry Committee, Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health, and Andrew Webber, National Business Coalition on Health
Executive Director - Robert A. Dribbon, Merck & Company
 
Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange
Co-Chairs: John Agwunobi, Wal-Mart; David Nace, McKesson Corporation
Subgroup Leaders: Thom Khun, American College of Physicians; David Kibbe, American Academy of Family Physicians, and Terry McGeeney, TransforMED Inc.
Executive Director - Chris Nohrden, IBM
 
Collaborative Directors
Executive Director – Edwina Rogers erogers@eric.org, 202.789.2577
Director of Operations and External Affairs - Relja Ugrinic rugrinic@pcpcc.net 703.585.9165
Director of Policy - Rohan Beesla, rbeesla@eric.org, 202.789.2577
Director of Membership - Kelli Pedas, kpedas@pcpcc.net
 
Advisory Board

There are 12 member organizations of the advisory board and they are: AARP, American Board of Internal Medicine, Bridges to Excellence, The Center for Excellence In Primary Care, The Center for the Advancement of Health, The Commonwealth Fund, HR Policy Association, the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, National Business Coalition on Health, National Business Group on Health, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance. We are considering additional advisory board representatives from state based groups and labor organizations.

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 will be held on November 12th from 1-2:30pm EST, which will focus on private sector demonstration projects, and how state public health programs can and should participate. Stay tuned for a finalized agenda and date for this third in the series of four webcasts.
 
For the full presentations and the resources from the July 24-25th meeting please check NASHP's website here.

Inclusion of the Medical Home Concept in Health Reform Efforts

One of the major projects PCPCC staff is engaged in at the moment is meeting with advocates of various health reform proposals in this election year, and discussing the role that the Medical Home might play in those proposals. This includes meeting with a variety of organizations and advocates, including:
  • Employer Trade Associations such as HR Policy Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, the Business Round Table, and the ERISA Industry Committee;
  • Think Tanks such as The Brookings Institution, The Heritage Foundation, The New America Foundation, The Urban Institute, The Hudson Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute;
  • Presidential Candidates;
  • Plans developed by Congressional representatives: The Healthy Americans Act sponsored by Senators Wyden and Bennet, H.R.5348 introduced by Representatives Langevin and Shays, or Representative Pete Stark;
  • Midwest Regional Reform Effort – 8 states; each state has a group and there is a Regional Group

To read the online version of the health reform insert please click here.

Website

If you have any questions, concerns, or difficulty in using the website please contact our webdesigner Loren Vandegrift (Loren@songlinedesign.com).
 
Legal

We are happy to announce that the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative has received notification on approval for our 501(c)(6) tax exempt status.
 
We are still waiting on confirmation for the nonprofit foundation 501(c)(3) Patient Centered Primary Care Foundation. Both entities have the appropriate papers filed in DC for incorporation, IRS employer identification numbers received and bank accounts opened at Eagle Bank on K Street.
 
The Collaborative has retained Robin Johnson, of Balch & Bingham LLP (rjohnson@balch.com), as legal counsel.

Public Relations

Health2 Resources is our public relations firm for the PCPCC. They have already done significant work to promote the activities of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative.
 
If you have any questions concerning our PR work please feel free to contact any PCPCC staff member or Katie Capps at (kcapps@health2resources.com).
 
Membership

As members of the Collaborative, you are aware of the amazing rate of growth the PCPCC has undergone over the past year. To assist us in maximizing our efforts to expand our membership base, and to reach out to other major organizations dealing with health reforms or new reimbursement systems we have hired Kelli Moler Pedas as our membership consultant. Kelli Pedas can be reached at kpedas@pcpcc.net.
 
Accounting and Bookkeeping

Jon B. Deane
Murphy Deane & Company, PLC
703.796.1041
jon.dean@mdctax.com
 
Evelyn DeBardelaben
 
Legislative Issues and Hearings
 
Sept. 16, 2008:  The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing entitled “Aligning Incentives: The Case for Delivery System Reform.”  There were a number of witnesses at the hearing including Mark E. Miller of the Medicare Payment Advisory Comission, Robert Berenson of the Urban Institute in Washington DC and Eric G. Campbell of Harvard University's School of Medicine.  Also speaking at the hearing was Glenn Steele, the President and CEO of Geisinger Health System.
  
For more information concerning Hearings, Hill briefings, or legislative developments surrounding the PCMH please check this the Collaborative's Legislative Events section here.
 
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.
 
Upcoming Conferences and Events
  • October 27-28 - Edwina Rogers will be speaking at the Partners Center for Connected Health Symposium. We will be working closely with the Partners Center to coordinate the best possible presentation on the PCMH model and the PCPCC's work in supporting the concept. For more information please check this link.
  • November 23-25 - DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance will be holding The Forum 08 in Hollywood, Florida at the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa. For more details please check this link.
  • December 2-3 – World Health Congress Executive Forum on the Advanced Medical Home for Employers will be held in Washington, DC. For more information check the following link.
  • 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.
  • February 3-5 - 4th Annual Health and Human Capital Congress will be held in Washington, D.C. For more information, please click here.

 

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