National Briefing Today Featuring Accreditor Q&A
National Briefing: Accreditor Q & A
Thursday, April 25th
 
Dear Members and Friends:

Be sure to join us this morning for our April National Briefing! We'll be featuring representatives from the medical home accreditation organizations, and they will provide updates to their recognition programs. Updates include AAAHC's on-site medical home certification, NCQA's specialty practice recognition, and URAC's draft accountable care standards. Speakers include:
Please note the dial-in number for the briefing:
Call in number: 712-432-0900
Access code: 868853#
(no registration required)

We look forward to catching up with you at 11AM ET!
 
Sincerely,

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer 
 
Nearly Half of Teens Lack Access to a Medical Home
Nearly 20 percent of adolescents report symptoms of mental health problems, and half of lifetime cases of mental health disorders begin showing symptoms by age 14. However, according to a new study from the UC San Francisco, less than half of teens lack access to a medical home.

Researchers found that 46 percent of adolescents lacked access to a medical home, with even lower rates for lower-income, minority and uninsured youth. Adolescents with depression, anxiety, ADHD, learning disabilities, developmental delays and autism diagnoses all had lower medical home rates than those without mental health conditions.
 
Coming in May...
We're all about Health IT
 

PCPCC eHealth Special Interest Group Kickoff Call
Tuesday, May 7th, Noon - 1PM ET
Join us for the official relaunch of PCPCC's eHealth Special Interest Group!

Meeting Patients Where They Are: A Medical Home Model for High-Risk Patients
Thursday, May 16th, 12PM - 1:30 PM ET
This webinar will highlight a medical home model that uses advanced health IT to provide team-based primary care for over 3,000 high-risk, elderly patients in assisted living and group home facilities.

May National Briefing
Thursday, May 30th, 11AM - Noon ET
Art Kellerman of the RAND Corporation will discuss findings from his January 2013 Health Affairs article What It Will Take to Achieve the As-Yet-Unfulfilled Promises of Health  IT.
Upcoming Events
April 25:
April 26:
New Case Study Highlights Colorado Beacon's Health IT Experience
A new case study from the Commonwealth Fund finds that the Colorado Beacon Consortium improved care through the use of advanced health IT. As one of 17 regions participating in the three-year, federally funded Beacon Community Program, the consortium sponsors a learning collaborative and coaching for 51 primary care practices in seven rural counties.

The region’s experience with health IT also offers insights on how community stakeholders can help promote health information exchange to improve care coordination among local “medical neighborhoods.”

Case study available here.
 
Heard on the Hill:
Baucus Out; Tavenner (Almost?) In
Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) announced his intent to retire this week, after more than three decades in the Senate, and over a decade a decade on the Senate Finance Committee. Baucus played a major role in writing and advocating for the Affordable Care Act, and stunned audiences last week when he told HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, that he thought the law was headed for a ‘‘train wreck.’ More on Baucus' retirement.

In other Committee news, Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), received a committee vote in favor of her confirmation Tuesday. Tavenner must next be confirmed by the full Senate, but a time frame on that vote is unclear, especially given Sen. Tom Harkins' recent hold on the nomination. She would be the first confirmed agency administrator in 7 years.
Resource Exchange
New Resources from our Partners
An 'Rx' for Deficit Reduction: The Bipartisan Policy Center unveiled more than 50 recommendations to cut the federal deficit by about $560 billion over the next decade, and about $300 billion of those savings would come from Medicare. Read the full report.
AHRQ's PCMH Research Methods Series: Developed with input from nationally recognized leaders in research methods, AHRQ released a set of resources that describes new evaluation methods and outlines their advantages and limitations. Access the PCMH Research Methods Series.
PCORI Announces New Funding: PCORI will invest up to $68 million to develop a national Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. The network is designed to unite millions of patients through a coordinated collaboration with researchers and healthcare delivery organizations.
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