| Primary Care Physicians REALLY need to pay attention to the proposed ACO rules |
 | CMS's recently-issued proposed rules for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are right in line with the transformation of the healthcare delivery system around the concepts of PCMH. The proposed rules provide a "shared savings" payment methodology on top of traditional fee for service for Medicare beneficiaries. The ACOs that share in the saving will ultimately also be required to share in the risk. There are a number of issues in the proposed rules that are very important and indeed potentially favorable for primary care ...
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| TransforMED Convenes Health care Thought Leaders in Washington DC for the 2nd National Advisory Council Meeting |
On April 20, 2011 Dr. William Soper, the Chairman of TransforMED's Board of Managers kicked off the 2nd National Advisory Council meeting. The participants included recognized thought leaders from the military, state government experts, payers and health care industry stakeholders. The National Advisory Council was convened to address the challenges around Accountable Care Organizations (ACO's) as well as to discuss online patient education and engagement initiatives and how TransforMED could best act as a catalyst for promoting the interests of Primary Care in the shifting and uncertain health care landscape. Read more about the event
Read this perspective on "The Role of Independent Physicians in Accountable Care Organizations" by National Advisory Council member, Dr. David Nace. |  |
| "A Health Plan Spurs Transformation Of Primary Care Practices Into Better-Paid Medical Homes" |
 | Health Affairs has published an article exploring the outcomes of a PCMH payment innovation pilot sponsored by Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP). To help practices transform into medical homes, CDPHP brought in TransforMED to conduct site visits, lead collaborative meetings, and supply coaches to work with clinic staff. TransforMED facilitators also created a layer between the practices and the health plan that helped promote trust in reevaluating their internal workings. The pilot practices demonstrated considerable cost savings with a rate of cost growth in 2009 that was 23% less than the control practices. The practices also showed improvement on many HEDIS quality improvement metrics.
Effective care coordination provides for an understanding of each team member's role and responsibility at the time of the patient interaction and a clearly defined flow of accurate information between team members.
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 Success stories from TransforMED's collaborative social network for practice transformation |
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Delta-Exchange offers clinicians committed to practice transformation access to immediately useful PCMH "best practices" and the opportunity to collaborate, discuss issues and ask questions of both TransforMED expert facilitators and practice leaders who've "been there".
Get access to a continually expanding library of online PCMH seminars led by TransforMED's experienced Practice Enhancement Facilitators.
Connect with medical practice transformation experts, thought leaders, and practices much like yours who are also working to make PCMH changes.
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| "We did it! Six months ago I shared with you all about our plans both to open a new medical facility and go live with a new EHR. Well, despite the intensity of the change, we opened the doors to the new Spanish Catholic Center medical clinic at the McCarrick Center in Montgomery County, Maryland on April 11th. At the same time, we also went live with eClinical Works in our 2 medical clinics and 2 dental clinics... Personally, it has been a tremendous learning experience for me, as I have been heavily involved every step of the way from drafting the business plan to raising the funds, and contributing to the design of the physical space. I am grateful for all the information I have learned from the Delta-Exchange members and am happy to share with others. Thanks for your support."
Marguerite Duane
Medical Director
Spanish Catholic Center of Catholic Charities
Read about their endeavors at
www.theopendoordc.org
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TransforMED is how...
Primary Care Practices become Patient-Centered Medical Homes |
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TransforMED brings value to Primary Care through a strategic transformation process combined with an integrated suite of practice transformation products and services- all derived from our extensive facilitation experience and designed to create a framework, a common language and an opportunity for practices to become Patient-Centered Medical Homes:
Which approach is right for your practice? Let's discuss a work plan for your team's transformation.
Contact Dan McKean:
(913) 906-6323 or dmckean@transformed.com.
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| TransforMED governance and staff update |
 | Martín J. Sepúlveda, MD. FACP, IBM Fellow and Vice President of Integrated Health Services for the IBM Corporation has joined the TransforMED Board of Managers. BIO |  |  | Jettie Eddleman, BSN, RN joins TransforMED as a Practice Enhancement Facilitator. She is one of TransforMED's expert nurse clinicians focusing on performance improvement, quality systems metrics, and patient engagement initiatives within practices. BIO |
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