Breaking Down Silos of Care: Integration of Social Support Services with Health Care DeliveryMany patients with complex chronic illnesses and/or functional impairments face not only managing the medical care necessitated by their conditions, but also finding ways to access supportive services that help them live independently in their homes and communities. Access to supportive services can be difficult for anyone with complex conditions, and social and economic patient characteristics can complicate the task.
Attend this webinar to learn more about NASHP’s new Multi-Payer Medical Home Learning Collaborative, supported by The Commonwealth Fund. This webinar will discuss activities and goals for the learning collaborative, and offer an opportunity for states to ask questions about the RFA or the application process. This learning collaborative will support up to four states seeking to implement a multi-payer medical home initiative with 18 months of individual and group technical assistance. All states interested should submit an application by October 31, 2012.
Manhasset, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician association made up of 90 independent physician practices throughout New York, began moving toward forming an ACO in 2010, shortly after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act first passed. The IPA was officially added as a Medicare Shared Savings accountable care organization in July of this year. This month, Beacon took another step to offer patients the most coordinated, dedicated care possible — it began the process to turn 60 of its independent physician offices into patient-centered medical homes.
Check out these health system vital signs: Fewer hospital admissions. Emergency room visits down significantly. Better diabetes control and coronary artery disease management. By combining sophisticated data tracking, reducing payments for hospital admissions resulting in complications, and more intensively managing patients with chronic diseases, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota and health providers across the state are seeing results from an initiative launched three years ago.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSPOSITION OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTDATE: September 13, 2012POSITION: PCMH Strategist/Grade P6 (Job #46-12) Center for Quality Department Practice Advancement Division Supervisor: Heather BrungardtHOURS: Monday - Friday, 37.50 hours per week.
NASHP Seeks Applications for Multi-Payer Medical Home Learning Collaborative; No Application Needed for States Chosen for State Innovation Model InitiativeDeadline: October 31A new NASHP learning collaborative supported by The Commonwealth Fund that will provide 18 months of individual and group technical assistance for up to four states seeking to implement a multi-payer medical home initiative. In addition to these four states, NASHP invites states selected for State Innovations Model (SIM) design awards to join in the group technical assistance portion of the learning collaborative.
National Coalition on Aging webinar: How Self-Management Workshops Can Make a Difference for People with Chronic Health ConditionsPlease join us this Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. EST as the National Council on Aging explores the impact of chronic disease in our country. Learn what self-management is and how it can help individuals with chronic disease. Discover how the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program can make a difference.
AAAHC wants your input on revised Standards for 2013For 2013, we’re proposing significant changes to the AAAHC Accreditation Handbook and the Medical Home On-site Certification Handbook.We’ve substantially rebuilt our core chapters—those that apply to all ambulatory health care organizations—with an eye toward simplifying language, clarifying intent, and eliminating redundancies.
Medical Homes: High Performance Medical Home Teams Exploring Care Coordination and Transitions of Care in the Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH), Medical Neighborhood and ACO Models WorkshopThursday, October 11, 2012 (2pm - 5pm US/Pacific)San Francisco, CA 94102 Join us for this cutting-edge workshop as we explore the medical home integration of care managers and the medical home teams. This session is specially designed for primary care teams, coaches and case managers to understand the vital role they will play in healthcare reform.
Medical Homes: High Performance Medical Home Teams Exploring Care Coordination and Transitions of Care in the Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH), Medical Neighborhood and ACO Models WorkshopThursday, October 11, 2012 (2pm - 5pm US/Pacific)San Francisco, CA 94102 Join us for this cutting-edge workshop as we explore the medical home integration of care managers and the medical home teams. This session is specially designed for primary care teams, coaches and case managers to understand the vital role they will play in healthcare reform.
