The PCPCC has partnered with the Jefferson School of Population Health as a Sponsor of the Fifth Medical Home Summit on March 13-15, 2013 in Philadelphia.
An experiment to ensure that complex Medicaid patients have a regular doctor and care coordinators who can help them stay healthy has saved Colorado an estimated $20 million in its first year, according to a new report from Colorado’s Medicaid managers.“We’re very happy that it’s moving in the right direction,” said Laurel Karabatsos, director of health programs for the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF).So far, about 20 percent of Colorado’s more than 600,000 Medicaid clients are enrolled in the program called the Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC).
Free WebinarThursday, Nov 29, 20122:00-3:00pm ETURAC developed its Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH) Programs to educate and guide health care practices, and/or their sponsoring health plans, insurers, and pilot programs in transforming into truly patient centered health care homes. URAC’s PCHCH Practice Achievement Program evaluates practices on evolving levels of success across 28 key URAC PCHCH Standards.This complimentary webinar will:1. Introduce attendees to the PCHCH Programs2.
URAC Education WorkshopThursday, January 31, 2013 (7:30am - 3pm EST)Amelia Island, FLDescription:This education workshop is offered to practices seeking URAC PCHCH Practice Achievement.Note: If you are an auditing organization, you should register for the PCHCH Auditor Certification Workshop or PCHCH Achievement for Auditors Workshop.URAC PCHCH Practice Achievement program evaluates practices on 28 key URAC PCHCH Practice Standards. These standards are considered essential elements of a patient centered health care home and include 7 mandatory standards.
URAC Education WorkshopThursday, January 31, 2013 (7:30am - 4pm EST)Amelia Island, FL Description:The URAC PCHCH Practice Achievement Program evaluates practices on 28 key URAC PCHCH Practice Standards from the URAC PCHCH Program Toolkit. These standards are considered essential elements of a patient centered health care home and include 7 mandatory standards.
WhyNotTheBest.org gives health care professionals and researchers a tool to benchmark health care performance and find resources to guide their improvement efforts.
Pilot program yields financial incentives in its first year
Maryland’s patient-centered medical home pilot program did better than expected in its first year.The three-year pilot program gives participating groups money and technical support upfront to help them make the administrative and organizational changes needed to operate as a patient-centered medical home.Groups can get additional incentives if their patients’ health care costs are below the anticipated expense.
Primary care has been grasping for a voice in the conversation. It’s silenced in medical schools. It’s ostracized in society. It’s undervalued by the financial powers that be and our system of health care payment. What does primary care WANT to say? What does primary care NEED to say at this historic moment? Primary care needs a voice – it needs your voice. What should the media, the health care system, payers, Congress, medical educators know about the true value of primary care?
To: Primary Care Clinicians and AdministratorsFrom: The MGH Stoeckle Center for Primary Care InnovationSubject: We need your ideas about rapid testing solutions for primary care! What more would you like to be able to do in your primary care practice that you can’t do today? We would like your help in defining unmet clinical needs in primary care that could benefit from “point-of-care” (POC) technologies. To capture your ideas and opinions, we have created a brief survey to help us prioritize and meet those clinical needs.
