October Workshops at URAC 2012 Quality Summit & Best Practice Awards October 8: URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home Auditor Certification WorkshopOctober 9: URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home Practice Achievement WorkshopOctober 9: URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home Auditor Certification: Practice Achievement WorkshopOctober 11: Global Diabetes Management Mini SummitOctober 11: Health Insurance Exchange Quality CampOctober 11: Medical Homes: High Performance Medical Home Teams Exploring Care Coordination and Transitions of Care in the Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH)
URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home Practice Achievement ProgramThursday, September 27, 2012 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)Webinar - Complimentary This education workshop is offered to health management organizations (HMO), health plans and medical home pilots desiring to provide independent PCHCH practice assessment audits of health care practices. It is designed to review the URAC PCHCH Auditor Certification Standards. These standards include the Core and HIPAA standards, which address several key organizational management functions that are important for any health care organization.
Exchange Health Plan Management Functions: URAC Accreditation & Quality MeasuresTuesday, September 25, 2012 (2pm - 3pm US/Eastern)Webinar - Complimentary FOCUSIn this complimentary webinar, URAC will present an overview of its accreditation process and quality measures as they relate to Qualified Health Plans that participate on Health Insurance Exchanges, including how URAC information may be utilized by state insurance regulators and state exchanges.SUMMARYHealth Plan Management includes functions for verifying accreditation and quality measures for Qualified Health Plans.
URAC Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH) programs are designed to educate and guide health care practices in transforming into a medical home. The PCHCH Practice Achievement Program focuses on evaluating practices on Key Joint Principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) including access, coordination, quality and patient centeredness.
The next Time Out for Genetics webinar, Genetics and Coding: What the Primary Care Provider Needs to Know will take place on Thursday, September 27 from 12-12:30pm Central. Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/414021762 Thursday, September 2712:00-12:30pm Central1:00-1:30pm Eastern11:00-11:30am Mountain10:00-10:30am Pacific Faculty: Marc Williams, MD, FACMG, FAAP This educational webinar series is presented by the Genetics in Primary Care Institute (GPCI), a cooperative agreeme
September 24 Webinar to Feature National and Local Health Care Leaders Discussing Progress of RWJF Program to Improve Quality of Care in 16 Regions NationwideAligning Forces for Quality is a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation designed to lift the overall quality of care in 16 targeted communities. For six years, Aligning Forces communities have worked with local health care stakeholders—the people who give, get and pay for care—to improve their health system.
A new health report released by the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) documents the adoption of the patient-centered medical home model (PCMH) in the U.S.
The Amerigroup Foundation announced its support of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians' (GAFP) second generation of its Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) University, granting $50,000 to assist in successfully implementing the project.
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act recently getting the green light by the U.S. Supreme Court, expansion of one of its key tenets--the patient-centered medical home (PCMH)--has now reached a tipping point of having broad private- and public-sector support, according to a new report from the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC).
As more public and private entities adopt the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, the concept is "evolving to better connect and coordinate with the medical neighborhood, including accountable care organizations and other integrated systems of care," according to a new report released by the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC).
