More than 6,500 NCQA-Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Homes practices and over 33,000 recognized clinicians have proved the strong relevance of the NCQA PCMH Standards. The 2014 standards place more emphasis on team-based care with a significant focus on the care management of high-need populations and the integration of behavioral health. We have set the bar higher in terms of our positioning of Quality Improvement (QI) activities with the triple aim and continued alignment of Meaningful Use (MU).
Transformation requires creative thinking. While the need to transform healthcare delivery is pressing, most of what we see in practice is incremental variations on the same themes. For example, we strive to improve patient experience or reduce waiting times, but maintain the decades-old mental models of, "You come to see us" and "this is the sequence of events that must occur." We need better ideas that challenge these underlying models.
Are you inside or outside the Medical Neighborhood?
Don't get caught outside the paradigm shift of medical transformation! Come hear what national experts at NCQA, Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina, The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) and other practitioners are doing to transcend and put patients first and how NCQA's 2014 Standards will affect members in the Neighborhood, hear from policy makers, clinical integration experts, behavioral health, pharmacy, social services and faith-based organizations.
Our new “MEDTalk" events combine medicine, education and delivery reform, in a “TED-Talk” style format. The series will kick off on Wednesday, April 16th with a two-hour webcast. The event will include seven brief talks with experts discussing their experiences in improving care delivery, enhancing patient experience, and experimenting with new payment models for congestive heart failure patients.
We invite you to watch online, and to join the conversation on Twitter by sending any questions to@BrookingsMed, and by using the hashtag #MEDTalk.
2014 Call for Presentations for Concurrent Sessions
Proposals accepted online February 3 to March 15, 2014
Submission Deadline: Saturday, March 15, 2014
CFHA is seeking presentation proposals that help advance CFHA’s mission to promote the adoption and sustainability of comprehensive and cost-effective models of healthcare delivery that integrates mind and body, individual and family, patients, providers and communities, and that addresses the conference theme, "FROM FRAGMENTATION TO INTEGRATION: A TRIPLE AIM IMPERATIVE."
Join us for the PCPCC 2014 Annual Fall Conference on Wednesday, November 12 – Friday, November 14, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC. Our theme this year Patient-Centered Primary Care: At the Heart of Value and Quality offers the opportunity for you and your colleagues to participate in dozens of panel discussions and workshops that will focus on the critical role of patient-centered primary care in achieving health care delivery system reform.
PCPCC's 2014 Western Regional Conference focused on identifying the challenges and tough issues that primary care and patient-centered medical home advocates will face in pursuit of delivery system reform, including payment reform, behavioral and mental health integration, health system consolidation, state health reform, and community partnerships. Our agenda includes a distinguished group of experts who will lead interactive panel discussions, as well as workshops that provide a deep dive on best practices and the "how-tos" o
In February 2007 the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) published their landmark Joint Principles on the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). This approach promises comprehensive primary care for children, youth, and adults in a partnership between individual patients and a team of health care professionals at the practice level. The team coordinates care across all elements of the health care system.
