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Week in Review: Briefing Today l Kavita Patel on Doc Payment l PCPCC Strategic Plan
National Briefing: Kavita Patel on Doc Payment Reform Thursday, June 27th
Dear Members and Friends:
This morning we are excited to offer you a jam-packed agenda during our Monthly National Briefing, which will wrap up our month-long dedication to the topic of payment reform (today, June 27, 11AM ET). First, we will hear from Dr. Kavita Patel of The Brookings Institution; a passionate physician and policy leader, and an expert on payment reform. Kavita will discuss her work with the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, and their recent report. The report provides twelve recommendations to drastically reform the current fee-for-service payment system to a quality and value-based system over five years.
The second half of our call will include an overview of the PCPCC 3-year strategic plan, adopted by our board in April 2013. Our Chairman, David K. Nace, MDwill join to review the PCPCC's strategic framework, and projects and activities to keep an eye out for in the coming months.
We look forward to catching up with you at 11AM ET! And in case you can't make it, we'll post the recording here after the call.
Sincerely,
Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
New Crosswalk Reveals
"Primary Care Consensus"
PCPCC's "The Primary Care Consensus: A Comparison of Health System Transformation Proposals," presents a crosswalk of five major public policy proposals and their support for patient-centered primary care as a driver of health system transformation. All proposals identify recommendations to support the alignment of public policy priorities and private sector innovations, including:
Payment reform incentives for providers, consumers, employers, and states
New delivery models that maximize innovations in care
Patient and consumer engagement strategies that incentivize healthier, high-value choices
Webinar Tomorrow: Rediscovering the Joy in Practice
In Search of Joy in Practice: Innovations from 23 High Functioning Primary Care Practices Date: Friday, June 28th
Time: Noon - 1:30 PM ET Add to calendar.
Based on research published in the Annals of Family Medicine, this webinar will describe innovations that can increase work-life satisfaction, attract future professionals to the field, and improve the quality of patient care.
Thursday Throwback: National Commission Calls for Drastic Doc Fix
Today Dr. Kavita Patel from The Brookings Institution will discuss the March 2013 report from The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform. The report provides a set of twelve recommendations for changing the way doctors are paid in order to reduce health care spending and improve quality.
Led by former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation president Steven A. Schroeder, MD, and former Senator Majority leader Bill Frist, MD, calls for eliminating stand-alone fee-for-service payment by the end of the decade, and includes fast-tracking new models of care, such as accountable care organizations and medical homes.
Recognizing this extraordinary moment in time to position the patient-centered medical home as a catalyst for health system transformation, the PCPCC board and staff developed a 3-year strategic plan in April 2013. The framework provides a series of mission-driven goals that build on PCPCC’s leadership, and support the marketplace shift toward medical neighborhoods and accountable, integrated health systems.
Over the next three years, the PCPCC’s work will focus on the following strategic goals:
Maximize Stakeholder Centers to enhance PCPCC’s thought leadership position
Launch strategic initiatives that reengage target audiences
Adopt a formal business plan to sustain and strengthen the organization
Leverage marketing and communications opportunities to advance PCPCC thought leadership and patient-centered primary care