Week in Review: PCMH State of Mine
PCMH State of Mine
Thursday, October 24th
Dear Members and Friends:
 
Thanks to so many of you that joined us last week for PCPCC's 2013 Annual Fall Conference in Bethesda, MD! We welcomed more than 400 professionals from across the health sector, and learned all about the terrific work being done by organizations throughout the country to advance patient-centered primary care and the medical home.

To learn more, visit our conference webpage where you can find presentations from our speakers, keynotes, and workshops, plus download our conference program and view photos. You can also join us next Thursday for the PCPCC's October National Briefing, where you can share your feedback live with PCPCC staff and leadership (or fill out our online survey!).
 
Today, we invite you to join us for a webinar with Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan at 11AM ET. Speakers will share an overview of their statewide medical home program, including the history of the program, its scoring process, evaluation methods, and latest results. Working with over 2,500 primary care practices, BCBSM's medical home initiative recently published results that identified $155 million in savings and $26.37 lower per member per month costs over three years. Register for the webinar here.

We hope you'll join us! Read on for this week's medical home highlights.
 
Sincerely,

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer 
Webinar: Building a Statewide PCMH Program: Design, Evaluation and Results
TODAY! Thursday, 10/24 l Noon - 1:30 PM ET
Register here.

Speakers from Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan will provide an overview of their statewide patient-centered medical home program, including its history, scoring process, evaluation methods, and latest results. The initiative includes more than 2,500 primary care practices, and recently demonstrated $155 million in savings and $26.37 lower per member per month costs over three years. Click here for BCBSM's recently published PCMH results.

Speakers include Margaret H. Mason, MHSA, Business Consultant;  Michael Paustian, PhD, MS, Manager; and Amanda Markowitz, MPH, Epidemiologist and Analyst.
Welcome to the Neighborhood: A Population Health Management Primer
Released last week, the PCPCC's latest report provides a primer for adopting a population health management approach through community-clinical partnerships in the medical neighborhood. It also provides a recommended “Top Ten List” of health IT-based population health management tools, and a series of case studies from practices throughout the country, including a pediatric practice, a community health center, and a Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization.

On November 12th, the PCPCC will host a webinar that includes presentations from Jaan Sidorov of the Disease Management Care Blog, and Robert Fortini from Bon Secours Virginia Medical Group (Tues, Nov. 12, 1:30PM-3:00PM EST, click here to register).
PCPCC October National Briefing
Thursday, 10/31 at 11 AM - Noon ET

Join us for PCPCC's October Monthly National Briefing where you'll have the opportunity to provide feedback on our Annual Fall Conference. PCPCC leadership will lead a discussion of feedback received so far from our conference survey, and solicit your comments regarding content, speakers, format, and more!

Click here for more information.
Upcoming Events
Oct 24 - Nov 14
Building a Statewide PCMH Program: Design, Evaluation Methods, and Results
October 24 | PCPCC & Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan

Coping with Stress and Depression
October 29 | Families for Depression Awareness

Executive Roundtable: Population Health Management in the Medical Neighborhood
November 12 l PCPCC

Facilitating PCMH Recognitition
November 13-14 | NCQA

Genetic Red Flags in Well-Checks
November 14 | Genetics in Primary Care Institute

PCPCC October National Briefing
October 31  l  PCPCC
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Oregon Gains on the Trail to Health System Transformation
Oregon continues to gain attention for its leadership in reforming health care delivery, most recently by NPR and Kaiser Health News, and their feature story about St. Charles Health System and their pilot project that embeds psychologists on primary care teams. Over two years, the therapists have cared for 400 Medicaid patients, and the model has demonstrated an 11 percent reduction in annual per patient cost of care.

According to Robin Henderson, PsyD, Executive Director of the Central Oregon Health Council, the model presents challenges for clinicians. She says, "Initially we had a couple of folks who just couldn't manage the model. It takes a different type of personality, and we find the folks coming right out of school, fresh, who've been trained in health psychology models. You have to have that type of personality who wants to engage in team-based care."

Henderson also led a workshop at the PCPCC Annual Fall Conference, which provided an overview of Central Oregon's Coordinated Care Organization. The program has implemented integrated behavioral health consultants at every level of healthcare from primary care, obstetrics, pediatrics, neonatal intensive care units and critical access hospitals, providing care to more than 35,000 Medicaid recipients.
Thanks for Joining Us at PCPCC 2013!
Thanks to everyone who attended PCPCC's Annual Fall Conference
 
on October 13-15th in Bethesda, MD! The conference included more than 50 speakers presenting throughout seven panel sessions and dozens of pre-conference and Stakeholder Center workshops. Check out our post-conference web page for conference materials, keynote presentations, and workshop presentations. 

Click here for more information.
Medical Home Headlines
10/21 | National Academy of Sciences
Institute of Medicine Elects 70 New Members, 10 Foreign Associates

10/17 | MedPage Today
Medical Homes: Different Models Need Different Yardsticks

10/15 | FierceHealthIT
Health IT Central to Population Health in the Medical Neighborhood

10/15 | MedPage Today
Management Code From CMS Found Wanting

10/14 | Modern Healthcare
Effort connects medical homes with 'essential' IT tools







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