URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home Practice Achievement ProgramThursday, September 27, 2012 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)Webinar - Complimentary This education workshop is offered to health management organizations (HMO), health plans and medical home pilots desiring to provide independent PCHCH practice assessment audits of health care practices. It is designed to review the URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification Standards. These standards include the Core and HIPAA standards, which address several key organizational management functions that are important for any health care organization.
Exchange Health Plan Management Functions: URAC Accreditation & Quality MeasuresTuesday, September 25, 2012 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)Webinar - Complimentary FOCUSIn this complimentary webinar, URAC will present an overview of its accreditation process and quality measures as they relate to Qualified Health Plans that participate on Health Insurance Exchanges, including how URAC information may be utilized by state insurance regulators and state exchanges.SUMMARYHealth Plan Management includes functions for verifying accreditation and quality measures for Qualified Health Plans.
URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH) programs are designed to educate and guide health care practices in transforming into a medical home. The PCHCH Practice Achievement Program focuses on evaluating practices on Key Joint Principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) including access, coordination, quality and patient centeredness.
The next Time Out for Genetics webinar, Genetics and Coding: What the Primary Care Provider Needs to Know will take place on Thursday, September 27 from 12-12:30pm Central. Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/414021762 Thursday, September 2712:00-12:30pm Central1:00-1:30pm Eastern11:00-11:30am Mountain10:00-10:30am Pacific Faculty: Marc Williams, MD, FACMG, FAAP This educational webinar series is presented by the Genetics in Primary Care Institute (GPCI), a cooperative agreeme
September 24 Webinar to Feature National and Local Health Care Leaders Discussing Progress of RWJF Program to Improve Quality of Care in 16 Regions NationwideAligning Forces for Quality is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to lift the overall quality of care in 16 targeted communities. For six years, Aligning Forces communities have worked with local health care stakeholders—the people who give, get and pay for care—to improve their health system.
HealthCore Working with Primary Care Physicians to Participate in Real-World EvidenceHealthCore is reaching out to primary care physicians—especially those involved in patient-centered medical homes—to gain their participation in real-world research to add to the existing body of evidence on marketed drugs and devices and benefit design, and assist governments, companies, policy makers and health plans in making better healthcare decisions.“In the past, decision-makers have been challenged in obtaining applicable outcomes information, because of the unrealistic environment used in controlle
Senior Health IT Staff – National PolicyWant to contribute your skills to a team making tremendous impact on cutting edge health policy? The National Partnership for Women & Families is seeking a senior level policy professional with significant experience in health care delivery system issues to lead our focus on national health IT policy issues.
Senior Health IT Staff – Coalition Leadership & State ImplementationWant to contribute your skills to a team making tremendous impact on cutting edge health policy? The National Partnership for Women & Families is seeking a senior-level professional to lead our efforts to foster a network of sophisticated consumer advocates working on the federal, state and local levels with the Director of Health IT Programs. The successful candidate will provide input into the National Partnership’s health IT policy strategy, as well.
Executive Webinar Beyond Analytics: Strategies to Operationalize Care Coordination within an ACOFor healthcare organizations, becoming an ACO and implementing a Population Health Management strategy is no longer a matter of "if", but instead "when and how".
Technologies, Games, Incentives: Patient Engagement and Cost Containment EVENT DATE: Friday, September 21, 2012EVENT TIME: 11:45am - 12:15pm Registration & Lunch; 12:15 - 2:00pm DiscussionEVENT LOCATION: Reserve Officers Association.1 Constitution Avenue, NE. 5th Floor. Washington, DC 20002EVENT DESCRIPTION: Patient engagement has become a kind of rallying cry in health care circles. At times it is invoked in the form of an exhortation to patients: “You need to get involved in your own care!
