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Week in Review: Spreading Better Care, Far and Wyden | National Briefing Today!
 Spreading Better Care, Far and Wyden
Thursday, January 30th
Dear Members & Friends:

Late last week, the incoming Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, US Senator Ron Wyden D-Ore., together with three co-sponsors, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., and Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Erik Paulsen, R-Minn. introduced The Better Care, Lower Cost Act of 2014. The bill’s aim is to transform Medicare from a program that pays for services separately to one that pays teams of caregivers for providing individualized, long-term care to chronically ill patients with two or more illnesses.  This population currently accounts for 93% — about $487 billion annually — of Medicare spending. The proposed Better Care program removes the barriers that prevent Medicare providers from building on existing successful delivery models – like the patient-centered medical home -- and provides a framework for encouraging innovative chronic care delivery across the country.  We will be following the progress of this and other proposals that appear to be gaining traction as we seek better solutions to support individuals with chronic illness – and the providers who treat them -- through patient-centered medical homes.

We also want to share our warm congratulations with Michelle Shaljian, our former Director of Communications, who has accepted the position of Communications Director for the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, beginning next week. We are thus looking for a new leader for our communications team. The position description can be found on our website and resumes can be sent  to Amy Gibson at agibson@pcpcc.net.  In the interim, we are making the shift from weekly to monthly newsletters in order to streamline our communications efforts. Starting in February, newsletters will be sent out once a month on the last Thursday of the month. In addition we will be sending more timely news and policy alerts regarding medical homes and primary care as it happens.

Finally, we hope you'll join us for our Monthly National Briefing today: The Results Are In: An Overview of Key Findings from PCPCC's Annual Report. I, along with one of our report co-authors, Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP, will discuss key findings of the report and future implications for the medical home marketplace. As a reminder, our National Briefings now take place via webinar and require registration. 

Webinar Information:
Time: 1PM ET - 2PM ET
Register here.

Download the full report.
Download the executive summary.
Download presentation slides.

We look forward to having you join us!

Sincerely,


Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
This Week in Medical Home News....
Newspapers & Press
Central Valley Project to Improve Health Costs, Outcomes Appears to be Paying Off, California Healthline, 1/27/14. 
New Path to Medicare Cost Control, Modern Healthcare, 1/25/2014
Huddling in an Idealized Word, Medpage Today, 1/23/2014
Improving lives and sharing benefits with patient-centered care, MedCity News, 1/21/2014

Peer Review
Where Are We on the Diffusion Curve? Trends and Drivers of Primary Care Physicians' Use of Health Information Technology, Health Services Research, 2/2014

Industry, Gov't & Nonprofit
Study Demonstrates Care Managers in Patient-Centered Medical Homes Increase Improvements in Diabetes Patient Outcomes, Joslin Diabetes Center, 1/21/2014

PCPCC in the News
The Future of Patient Centered Medical Homes and Accountable Care, Brookings, 1/16/2014
 
News From the Hill:
Better Care, Lower Cost
Earlier this week, Modern Healthcare reported on the The Better Care, Lower Cost Act of 2014 introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR). The bill identifies a framework for reducing Medicare costs through the creation of payment caps set high enough to fund strategic teams, allowing team members to focus on reducing hospital admissions and keeping overall costs below the cap. 

The framework builds on Medicare's Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program and incorporates features from patient-centered medical homes, including requiring beneficiaries to receive an individualized care plan.

Read more here.
Upcoming Events
Jan 30 -  Feb 28
The Results Are In: An Overview of Key Findings from PCPCC's Annual Report
January 30 | PCPCC Webinar / Briefing

eHealth Group Conference Call
February 4 | PCPCC

Arming the Consumer: Increasing Value Through Technology and Transparency
February 4 | NIHCM

Integrating Genetics in Your Practice: Co-Management and Transitions for Patients with Genetic Conditions
February 13 | GPCI

Hospital Readmissions: Impact of Mental Illness
February 18 | M3, Greater Baltimore Committee, Medical Home Development Group

Behavioral Health Group Conference Call
February 19 | PCPCC

Facilitating PCMH Recognition
February 19-20 | NCQA

Advanced Topics in PCMH
February 21 | NCQA

Monthly National Briefing
February 27 | PCPCC

For additional events, click here.
February Preview:
Patients @ the Heart of It All
Patients are at the heart of everything in the PCMH. Through innovations in primary care, we are finding new ways to partner with patients and families in their own care, in quality improvement, and in developing policies that assure patients and families remain at the center of all that we do.

We are thrilled to dedicate the month of February to all things patient. Mark your calendars for the following two webinars and be on the look out next week for registration details!

PCPCC Webinar: Consumer eHealth Readiness Tool
Thursday, Feb. 13 | Noon - 1PM ET
Learn more about the tool here.

PCPCC February National Briefing
Thursday, Feb. 27 | 1PM - 2PM ET
Upcoming PCPCC Conferences
Sixth Annual National Medical Home Summit
March 17-19, 2014  l  Philadelphia, PA
Co-hosted by PCPCC and the Thomas Jefferson University School of Population Health
Register with discount code "PCPCC" here.

Health Care Transformation:
Overcoming Challenges to Reach the Summit
June 9 - 10, 2014  |  Denver, CO
Registration now open!
Early Bird Registration ends March 14th!




 
 
Patient-Centered Primary Care:
At the Heart of Value and Quality
November 12-14, 2014 | Washington, DC
Registration coming soon!
Learn more here.
 
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