Video: Congressional Briefing: PCPCC's Annual Review of the Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality

 

 

At a briefing on Capitol Hill, the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) released a new report, The Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality: Review of Evidence 2013-2014. The publication highlights new evidence from primary care patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives taking place in both public and private markets throughout the United States. The report aggregates PCMH outcomes from a combination of peer-reviewed studies, state program evaluations, and industry reports to demonstrate the positive impact of the PCMH model in primary care delivery.

The event was recorded in four separate segments for the viewer's convenience: 

Welcoming Remarks: Doug Henley, MD, FAAFP: Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Family Physicians

Presentation and Overview of the Evidence: Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH: CEO, 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

Summary: An brief overview of the entire event

 

Douglas Henley, MD, FAAFP

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

Christopher F. Koller

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

Rahul Rajkumar, MD, JD

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. read more

Justine Handelman

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

Julie Schilz, BSN, MBA

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

Katherine Clark, DO, FAAFP, CHCQM

Integrated Medical Group, Kettering Physician Network
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