URAC Education WorkshopJanuary 30-31, 2013 Amelia Island, FLThis 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.
URAC Education WorkshopJanuary 30-31, 2013 Amelia Island, FLThis 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.
Primary Care Medical Home - Ambulatory Pre-Conference - 11/7Date: 11/7/2012Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Location:Doubletree Hotel Oak Brook1909 Spring Rd.Oak Brook, IL 60523United States The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources2012 Annual Ambulatory Care Conference Preconference SessionThe Joint Commission’s Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) Certification OptionBack By Popular Demand!
WhyNotTheBest.org gives health care professionals and researchers a tool to benchmark health care performance and find resources to guide their improvement efforts.
Pilot program yields financial incentives in its first year
Maryland’s patient-centered medical home pilot program did better than expected in its first year.The three-year pilot program gives participating groups money and technical support upfront to help them make the administrative and organizational changes needed to operate as a patient-centered medical home.Groups can get additional incentives if their patients’ health care costs are below the anticipated expense.
Primary care has been grasping for a voice in the conversation. It’s silenced in medical schools. It’s ostracized in society. It’s undervalued by the financial powers that be and our system of health care payment. What does primary care WANT to say? What does primary care NEED to say at this historic moment? Primary care needs a voice – it needs your voice. What should the media, the health care system, payers, Congress, medical educators know about the true value of primary care?
You're Invited: Discover the Benefits of Shared Doctors' Visit Notes Attend the OpenNotes Public Meeting or Watch the Live Webcast on October 11OpenNotes, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported initiative, will hold a public meeting on October 11, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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.
