Medical home implementation and innovation at the state level plays an important role in improving health care quality while reducing costs. Several states are leading the nation in efforts to study and implement integrative primary care, and are showing impressive improvements in cost and quality outcomes. This month's webinar will provide an overview of the innovative work being done in participating Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practices across the country and will highlight recent results from Independence Blue Cross' medical home model in Pennsylvania.
This month, Edwin B. Fisher, Global Director of Peers for Progress, and Leticia Ibarra, Director of Programs for Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo, Inc. join us for a discussion focused on how peer support can enhance primary care, chronic disease management, behavioral health and more.
Throughout the month of January, PCPCC programs will focus on the findings from our forthcoming Annual Report (public release scheduled for January 13th). This year the PCPCC Annual Report, supported by the Milbank Memorial Fund, presents a showcase of the year's 20 peer-reviewed and industry-generated PCMH evaluations that indicate the patient-centered medical home's impact on cost, quality, and population health outcomes.
On the last Thursday of each month, the PCPCC hosts its National Monthly Briefing, a public teleconference where members, partners, and medical home advocates can join the conversation to learn more about trends, innovations, partnerships, and advancements in the medical home sector. The calls often feature a presentation from one or more experts in the primary care and medical home disciplines to discuss any research or best practices the areas of care delivery transformation, payment reform, patient engagement, and employee/purchaser benefit design.
The "Open Forum Calls" provide leadership the opportunity to report out to the public on recent and upcoming center activities, encourage open discussion, and solicit public feedback on center work. These calls may also feature guest speakers who will present on timely issues pertaining to advanced primary care and the patient-centered medical home.
Our June Briefing included a presentation from Dr. Kavita Patel of The Brookings Institution, who discussed the future of physician payment reform through her work with the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform. The call also included an overview of the PCPCC Strategic Plan.
On the last Thursday of each month, the PCPCC hosts its National Monthly Briefing, a public teleconference where members, partners, and medical home advocates can join the conversation to learn more about trends, innovations, partnerships, and advancements in the medical home sector. The calls often feature a presentation from one or more experts in the primary care and medical home disciplines to discuss any research or best practices the areas of care delivery transformation, payment reform, patient engagement, and employee/purchaser benefit design.
On the last Thursday of each month, the PCPCC hosts its National Monthly Briefing, a public teleconference where members, partners, and medical home advocates can join the conversation to learn more about trends, innovations, partnerships, and advancements in the medical home sector. The calls often feature a presentation from one or more experts in the primary care and medical home disciplines to discuss any research or best practices the areas of care delivery transformation, payment reform, patient engagement, and employee/purchaser benefit design.
