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Congressional Briefing: PCPCC's Annual Review of the Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the Milbank Memorial Fund
Friday Jan 30, 2015 11:30 am to 01:00 pm EST
Capitol Visitors Center,
East Capitol Street Northeast & First St SE
Room SVC 203-02
Washington, 20004
United States
President, Milbank Memorial Fund
Christopher Koller is president of the Milbank Memorial Fund. The Fund is a 114 year operating foundation that improves population health by connecting leaders with the best information and experience. Before joining the Fund, he served the state of Rhode Island as the country’s first health insurance commissioner, an appointment he held from March of 2005 through June of 2013. Under Mr. Koller’s leadership, the RI Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner was nationally recognized for its rate review process and its efforts to use insurance regulation to promote payment reform, primary care revitalization, and delivery system transformation. The Office was also one of the lead agencies in implementing the Affordable Care Act in Rhode Island. Prior to serving as health insurance commissioner, Mr. read more
Senior Director, Commercial Health Innovation, Mathematica
Julie Schilz leads Mathematica's efforts in private sector health offerings and business development. Schilz brings considerable executive experience in the private sector and clinical expertise. In particular, Schilz has a broad knowledge base of care management, quality improvement, value-based reimbursement programs, and medical home initiatives, including those led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. read more
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Family Physicians
Douglas Henley, MD, FAAFP is Chair of PCPCC's Board and Executive Vice President and CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 120,000 physicians and medical students nationwide. Prior to AAFP, Dr. Henley was in private practice for 20 years in his hometown of Hope Mills, NC. He is a founding member of the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance Steering Committee and serves on the steering committee of the Center for Payment Reform. Henley served as a commissioner on the American Health Information Community. In this capacity he served as co-chair of the Personalized Healthcare Workgroup. Dr. Henley also was an inaugural commissioner of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. An AAFP physician member since 1973, Dr. read more
Acting Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Rahul Rajkumar, MD, JD, an internist, is the Acting Deputy Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Prior to arriving at CMS, Dr. Rajkumar was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, where he helped the senior management of leading hospitals and health care payers respond to national reform and the design and operational aspects of accountable care organizations. Dr. Rajkumar previously practiced hospital-based medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he completed his residency training in Internal Medicine. Dr. Rajkumar holds a BA in History from Yale University, an MD from Yale School of Medicine and a JD from Yale Law School.
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Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Policy, BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBSA)
Justine Handelman is vice president, legislative and regulatory policy, for the BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 37 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies. read more
SOLD OUT. Registration is CLOSED to the public. Please email Caroline DeLaney, caroline@pcpcc.org, to be added to the waiting list. You will be notified 24 hours before the event if we are able to add you to the list.
Capitol Hill staffers and media: please email Caroline DeLaney, caroline@pcpcc.org, for registration information.
NOTE: ON-SITE REGISTRATION IS NOT AVAILABLE
At a briefing on Jan. 30th, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) will release a new report, The Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality: Review of Evidence 2013-2014. This year’s Annual Review of the Evidence summarizes new results from primary care patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives published from September 2013 through November 2014, since the publication of the previous Annual Review. Selected cost and utilization outcomes from a combination of peer-reviewed studies, state program evaluations, and industry publications are aggregated to present an overview of PCMH and primary care innovations happening across the country.
Industry experts will join a reactionary panel on Capitol Hill to discuss the publication as well as the latest PCMH evidence, innovative payment reform models, and perspectives from practicing physicians.
The event is open to the public. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Caroline DeLaney, Communications Manager, caroline@pcpcc.org.
Event Details & Format
Event: Congressional Briefing on PCPCC’s Annual Review of the Evidence (open to the public, space limited)
Date: Friday, January 30, 2015
Time: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET
Food: Lunch will be served starting at 11:30 a.m.
Location: Capitol Visitors Center, SVC203-02, Washington, DC
Congressional Sponsors
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
NOTE: ON-SITE REGISTRATION IS NOT AVAILABLE
Speaker Lineup
Welcoming Remarks:
Doug Henley, MD, FAAFP: Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Family Physicians
Presenter/Moderator:
Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH: CEO, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Panelists:
Justine Handelman: Vice President, Legislative and Regulatory Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Chris Koller: President, Milbank Memorial Fund
Rahul Rajkumar, MD, JD: Acting Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Julie Schilz BSN, MBA: Program Director, Patient Centered Primary Care Transformation, Anthem
Katherine Clark, DO: Practicing Physician, Ohio Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative
This event and report were made possible with the generous support of our sponsors Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the Milbank Memorial Fund
