The Board of Managers for TransforMED has announced the retirement of its president and CEO, Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA.

Read the press release about Dr. McGeeney's retirement

The TransforMED Board of Managers also announced the appointment of Bruce Bagley, MD, as interim president and CEO. Bagley most recently served as the medical director for quality improvement for both the American Academy of Family Physicians and TransforMED.

Read Dr. Bagley's bio
 

About 157,000 Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in up to 15 health systems and provider organizations across the nation will begin participating in a Patient-Centered Medical Neighborhood (PCMN) demonstration project as part of a collaboration among TransforMED, Phytel and VHA Inc.  

Funded by a three-year, $20.75 million cooperative agreement awarded by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center), the PCMN project is scheduled to begin implementation this month.  

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For the second year in a row, TransforMED has been nominated to receive the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's Mr. K Award. Named for the late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing M Kauffman, the Mr. K Award honors the small business that best exemplifies Kauffman's business philosophies: strong growth or sustainability, outstanding employee relations, and a passion for community service. The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is expected to announce the Top 10 Finalists for the award in March.  

To learn more about the Mr. K Award, click here 

TransforMED's new, streamlined Change Readiness Survey (CRS) aims to make it easier and faster to measure a medical practice team's ability to manage and sustain the changes necessary for successful transformation to a PCMH.

Developed and refined based on TransforMED's work in more than 1,500 medical practices nationwide, the CRS is one element of an end-to-end assessment process TransforMED facilitators use to clarify and achieve practice transformation goals...

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• What costs and start-up capital are involved at the practice level to make these PCMH changes?
• How can small changes within the practice actually improve revenue?
• What are the business cases around becoming a PCMH?

The Delta-Exchange annual member survey responses helps the DX development team provide meaningful resources, discussions and content within this exclusive PCMH-focused network. Some noteworthy data points from the survey: 

• Most members visit DX 3-4 times per week
• Preferred member topics for 2013 include outcomes data and best practices; clarifying NCQA standards and documentation; workflow re-design; staff empowerment, provider engagement and team building; population management and care coordination; and effective payment models

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