PCC Webinar: The Secret Sauce: How Some Primary Care Practices Are Surviving COVID-19

While the coronavirus has been deadly for tens of thousands of Americans, primary care, a vital foundation of a high-functioning health system, is also facing deathly blows. Layoffs and furloughs, sharply declining income, and high stress are some of the forces that have been battering primary care practices for months. Yet some practices have been able to weather the COVID-19 storm better than others. This webinar recording looks at how they are doing so, examining how they are paid, their existing care management and IT infrastructure, leadership and governance, and other factors. We learn from the survivors by hearing from leaders at two primary care practices and their health plan counterparts. 

Speakers:

  • Karolina Skrzypek, MD | Medical Director in Provider Engagement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Ewa M. Matuszewski | CEO and Co-Founder, MedNetOne Health Solutions
  • John Bennett, MD, FACC, FACP | President and CEO, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP) (Albany, N.Y.)
  •  Adetutu Adetona, MD | Owner and President, Lansingburgh Family Practice P.C. (Troy, N.Y.)

Moderator: Julie Schilz, BSN, MBA | Senior Director, Commercial Health Innovation, Mathematica

Link provided during the introduction:

www.pcpcc.org/covid

Adetutu Adetona, MD

Owner and President, Lansingburgh Family Practice P.C.
Dr. Adetutu Adetona is very passionate about her vocation as a physician. She earned her medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, and started her family practice training in the United Kingdom before moving to Schenectady, N.Y, where she completed her residency program at St. Clare’s Hospital – Ellis Medicine. Dr. Adetona is an accomplished and highly skilled family medicine physician in the capital district area of New York State. She is well-respected in her community, earning many accolades for the quality of her work and her patient-centered care. She has been awarded and praised as one of the Top Performing Doctors in the capital district for several years. read more

Ewa M. Matuszewski

CEO and Co-Founder, MedNetOne Health Solutions
Ewa M. Matuszewski is the CEO and a co-founder of MedNetOne Health Solutions and a champion of innovative primary care and chronic-care initiatives, including the Community Care Travel Team, which received the Eagle Award from the Greater Detroit Area Health Council in 2010. Ms. Matuszewski has a history of leading physicians and their practice teams through change and promotes a vision of patient-centered medicine and a culture of organizational excellence. Areas of expertise include health policy analysis, physician workforce strategies, physician practice environment, primary care team leadership, primary care practice management/governance interface and quality improvement and validation within physician practices. read more

John Bennett, MD, FACC, FACP

President and CEO, Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan, Inc. (CDPHP)
John D. Bennett, MD, FACC, FACP, was named president and CEO of CDPHP in July 2008 after serving more than 10 years as chair, vice chair, and board member of the Capital Region’s leading not-for-profit health plan. During this time, CDPHP has been recognized as one of the top-rated plans in the nation and has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in New York for 12 consecutive years. Prior to joining CDPHP, Bennett served as founding member and CEO of Prime Care Physicians, PLLC. During his tenure, he co-led a team of 25 cardiologists and helped grow the practice to a 100-physician multi-specialty group.  read more

Julie Schilz, BSN, MBA

Senior Director, Commercial Health Innovation, Mathematica
Julie Schilz leads Mathematica's efforts in private sector health offerings and business development. Schilz brings considerable executive experience in the private sector and clinical expertise. In particular, Schilz has a broad knowledge base of care management, quality improvement, value-based reimbursement programs, and medical home initiatives, including those led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation.   read more

Karolina Skrzypek, MD

Medical Director in Provider Engagement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Karolina Skrzypek, MD is an internal medicine physician who is currently working as the Medical Director in Provider Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Dr. Skrzypek completed her medical training at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, Poland. She completed her internal medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. She was a faculty scholar in integrative medicine through the University of Michigan and completed a fellowship in integrative medicine through the University of Arizona. read more
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