A Close Look at Care Coordination within Patient-Centered Medical Homes

Host:

Judi Consalvo, Program Analyst at AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence

Presenter:

James B. Becker, MD, Medicaid Medical Director, West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services

Dr. James Becker is currently Medical Director of the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner and Medical Director in the Bureau for Medical Services at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Health at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine where he continues in clinical practice. Dr. Becker is also a clinical professor at West Virginia University, Department of Community Medicine, serves on the Resident Advisory Committee for Occupational Medicine and lectures for the Master in Public Health program. For the last six years, he has been involved in creating and promoting models of care coordination and patient-centered medical homes. He is currently engaged in the development of the West Virginia Health Homes for Chronic Conditions State Plan Amendment. In his role at the Insurance Commission, Dr. Becker is a lead team member developing a multi-payer model for medical homes and care coordination.

Respondent:

William Golden, MD, Medical Director, Arkansas Medicaid Enterprise at Arkansas Department of Human Services

Dr. Golden is the Medical Director of the Arkansas Medicaid Enterprise at the Arkansas Department of Human Services. He is also Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) where he served as Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine for nearly 20 years. Prior to his current position, he served for 16 years as Vice President for Clinical Quality Improvement of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care where he designed numerous statewide quality improvement and health technology projects for Medicare and Medicaid. Among his awards and recognitions, he received the National James Q. Cannon Award for Physician Leadership in Clinical Quality Improvement (2001), a special citation from UAMS for innovations in medical education related to his statewide quality improvement efforts (2005), Mastership in the American College of Physicians (2008), and the Alfred Stengel Memorial Award for Service to the American College of Physicians (2011). 

Moderator:

David Meyers, MD, Director of the Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, AHRQ 

Dr. Meyers has served as the Director of AHRQ’s Center for Primary Care, Prevention and Clinical Partnerships since February 2008. He leads the Agency’s work in support of the primary care patient-centered medical home and currently is serving on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services teams charged with implementing Affordable Care Act provisions related to primary care and prevention. Prior to becoming Center Director, he helped to direct the Center's Practice-Based Research Network initiatives, served as a Medical Officer for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and was a Project Officer for AHRQ’s Health Information Technology portfolio. Before joining AHRQ in 2004, he practiced family medicine, including maternity care, in a community health center in southeast Washington, D.C. and directed the Georgetown University Department of Family Medicine's Practice-Based Research Network, CAPRICORN.