Podcasts about pcmh

In this episode, we explore the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model with our guest, Liz Pierce, MD, pediatric regional medical director for the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network. With over 30 years of experience in pediatrics, Dr. Pierce shares her invaluable insights into how this physician-led, team-based care model can enhance patient outcomes.   The PCMH model, rooted in the principles of coordinated and comprehensive care, seeks to centralize the patient's medical journey and make health care more accessible and effective. Because implementing the model can be a challenge, Dr. Pierce discusses the pivotal role of PCMH champions within organizations and highlights state programs that offer financial aid and coaching to ease the transition.   For those eager to embark on the journey toward PCMH designation, Dr. Pierce walks us down the path of achieving and maintaining PCMH certification, a designation granted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). We also invite listeners to use the resources from this episode to learn more. 

Today, we're discussing Care Management in Managed Medicaid with Tammy Yount, CHESS Application System Analyst. We'll explore why it's essential for organizations to tailor their care management programs to fit their own unique needs, so they can holistically focus on the patient while optimizing value in healthcare.Tammy Yount, welcome to the Move to Value podcast.Thank you Thomas, for inviting me and I'm happy to be here.So, Tammy, let's talk about care management in managed Medicaid. How does a care management program save money and healthcare?I would say that saving money is one goal of a care management program. However, I would offer that the goals of a care management program should align with the triple aim that's born out of the 2001 Institution of Medicine report Crossing the Quality Chasm. So that report underscored 3 aims, if you will, one primary aim and two secondary aims. So the primary aim is to improve the health of populations with the secondary aims of improving the patient experience of care and at the same time reducing the per capita cost. So these are lofty aims given our current healthcare landscape and the payment models that we exist in. Not all organizations are the same. You have some large organizations that have a plethora of resources and smaller organizations with very limited resources. So each organization has its own unique structure and individual challenges and there's no one-size-fits-all care management program. So I would say there are many ways to build a care management program that will allow you to achieve the triple aim and organization needs to find the blueprint that works best for them. So when an organization's doing the right things, measuring the right things and focusing on improving the right things, the cost savings should follow. And I believe it was W Edward Demmings that said it best, you know, manage the cause, not the result. That's not to say that the organization doesn't need to have a clear understanding of the underlying processes, cost drivers, the population characteristics. He also said if you can't describe what you're doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing. And my favorite quote for him is in God we trust, and all other things bring data.Tammy, tell me, how would a practice create a care management program?So it's a bit of a chicken and egg conundrum when you're trying to create your care management program, you need many things in the least of which is data. I would say you need to start with the data, but few organizations have the data to inform their program design. Most organizations design their care management program backwards, meaning they design the program around the resources they have versus identifying the resources that they need based on the characteristics of the populations they're managing. So I would say the first thing you need to do is collect data and evaluate the data. So from the data that you've captured, then you would begin to develop your road map for how you're going to operationalize your care management program. And these would be very specific to each organization because each organization serves different patient populations, has different resources and different needs.What are the keys to a successful care management program?It's going to depend on who you ask. So I'm a data person, so in my world, all things starting in with data. But if you were to ask the payer, the nurse, the CEO, the CFO, the CIO, and most importantly, the patients, their families or caregivers, you're going to get a different response and varying perspectives. For a care management program to be successful, it's going to need to combine all of these perspectives. And critical to any successful program is having a mission, vision and values. And you'll need to operationalize your plan with those elements. And so...

In this episode of our “Inside Health Care” podcast, we hear two interviews that each demonstrate how close we are to solving the challenges of health disparities and digital transformation. Our first interview finds a real-life, “Last Mile” solution that will bring historically under-served populations to the health care services they need and deserve. Our second interview reveals how improved efficiencies in digitalization actually make it easier to add even more data – and more data crunching – into the mix. PHIT4DC stands for the Public Health Informatics and Technology for the District of Columbia Workforce Diversification Program. PHIT4DC brings together public health programs at two HBCUs—historically Black Colleges and Universities—namely, the University of the District of Columbia and Howard University. Together, these esteemed institutions train professionals from historically under-served neighborhoods in 21st-century IT knowledge and skills so they can return to their neighborhoods and give back to their communities.PHIT4DC trains PCMH professionals in order to send them to work in and support their hometown communities and neighborhoods. It's a powerful solution for bridging the gap in health equity provision. And it's probably possible to set up this model in any U.S. city. But, as you can imagine, it's no small feat. Dr. Mary Awuonda currently serves as an Associate Professor and Director of the Center of Excellence at the Howard University College of Pharmacy. In her directorship role, she helps the College advance its health care workforce diversification mission and student academic success initiatives. She is published in the areas of minority health, health disparities, health outcomes research and workforce diversification. Hannah George is a health care consultant with years of service across the health care industry. She's been a college professor/mentor for nursing students and director of nursing for multiple home health agencies in the District of Columbia. She's worked on multiple health care research protocols and served as senior clinical lead on multiple projects and initiatives. Hannah is certified in Project Management, is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and a Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS).Digitalization ensures the safe and efficient transfer and parsing of health care data between providers. Patients benefit, clinics benefit, clinicians can spend more time with patients. And improvements in data transfer and parsing reveal more population data than ever before, which uncovers gaps in health equity. And with that population data, researchers can start to reverse deficiencies and ensure better health care for all.Josh Hetler is Chief Operations Officer at DataLink and an expert in the potential revelations of supplemental data. Josh has over a decade of experience developing software products for advancing value-based health care. At DataLink, he's held management, director and vice president positions, successfully building strategies that impact customer adoption and engagement. Josh was interviewed live and in person at NCQA's 2nd annual Health Innovation Summit, in October 2023 in Orlando, Florida.

This episode is back to my interview series of inspiring women physician leaders.Dr. Martha Rodriguez is one such leader I have known for several years.At the time of this recording several months ago, Dr. Rodriguez owned and operated her private practice at a state-of-the-art facility she coined, MMR Healthcare. Her field of specialty is geriatric care and making patients' golden years shine. MMR Healthcare has been PCMH recognized since 2014. In 2012, she co-founded one of the highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in the country and served as its Chairman of the Board until the end of 2016. With coordination of care at the frontlines of every patient visit, she works to ignite the path towards healthcare excellence. Her other passion is leadership. She was the medical director of several skilled, assisted, and independent living facilities for many years. She holds several other leadership positions including Palm Beach County Medical Society President and  Co-Chair of the Palm Beach Medical Society Leadership Academy.Outside of medicine, Dr. Rodriguez loves to spend time with her family and go to the beach. Her greatest pastime is playing with her first granddaughter.If you find this valuable, please Like

The eCW Podcast speaks with Geli King-Brown, senior director of quality management at Healing Hands Ministries (HHM), about how her organization is expanding its locations and services to extend healthcare to those who can't afford it. Geli discusses how the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program has helped the organization standardize the care it provides by establishing policies, procedures, and workflows. By using eClinicalWorks® PCMH and HEDIS analytics, HHM can identify subgroups of their patient population with specific conditions or diseases and see the quality improvement process around them. With the embedded reports, Geli and her team can efficiently track and monitor their progress, share those results with their patients, and highlight healthcare champions at work. The game-changing result is that Geli and her team can identify what works and what doesn't while continuously striving to improve their care.

The Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center has been serving North Nashville's uninsured and underinsured citizens since it opened in 1968. It's an indispensable health resource for the community, from family medicine and dentistry, to behavioral health and educational programs.  The center is named for Dr. Matthew Walker, an influential Black surgeon. Originally from Louisiana, he came to Nashville for medical school. Although he was an expert surgeon, he saw that basic preventative health measures like brushing teeth and eating healthy food could make a tangible impact on people's health. He was passionate about community health and educating the next generation of doctors. This this episode, we talk to Dr. Walker's family about who he was and hear about how the health center carries on his legacy. But first, Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that will cut the size of the Metro Council in half. We hear the latest on Metro's response from Nashville Scene reporter Eli Motycka. Guests: Katina Beard, CEO of the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center Evelyn Wilson, PCMH quality improvement manager at MWCHC Dr. Robyn Mays, assistant dental director at MWCHC Dr. Candace Koney, physician and Dr. Walker's granddaughter Mary Ellen Hollands, family friend of Dr. Walker Bill Forrester, family friend of Dr. Walker Related:  WPLN: Who Was Dr. Matthew Walker? Metro Answers With Latest Historical Marker

Rural health clinics and critical access hospitals seek to provide care for those living in underserved areas. With the increase in public health concerns, sometimes these organizations require help to meet their community's needs. This week we welcome back Kate Hill, the Vice President of the Clinical Division with the Compliance Team. Kate will update us on her work with rural health clinics and critical access hospitals along with how the Compliance Team continues to help these organizations navigate their changing environment.  “We put a certification together to verify and validate the good work that our critical access hospitals do in swing beds in their hospital” -Kate Hill  Kate Hill, RN, is a graduate of Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing in Philadelphia, PA. As an Army Nurse, Kate served in Viet Nam (27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai) where she was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Kate has worked with orthopedic patients in several capacities including Head Nurse of Orthopedics in Newark, NJ., followed by Biomet working in various capacities.  Kate joined The Compliance Team (TCT) in early 2012 to direct TCT's rural health clinic accreditation program and has fallen in love with Rural. As VP of Clinical Services, she has spearheaded the TCT Rural Health Clinic Accreditation program combining her clinical expertise, business acumen, and passion for delivery of the best care possible to every patient.  She presently serves on the Board of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics. Kate also works with clinics in TCT's PCMH program and is ensuring that a PCMH accreditation is being increasingly rewarded by payers.

This episode of “Inside Health Care” features three interviews recorded live at NCQA's inaugural Health Innovation Summit in November 2022. We first talk about the national "988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline" with a broader look at behavioral health crisis management at the national, county and community levels. Later on, we get an inside look at NCQA's Recognition programs.John Palmieri, MD, is a Senior Medical Advisor at SAMHSA. He's also Acting Director for the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office. This episode begins with a clip from the full interview with Dr. Palmieri, featured in our sixth mini-episode from our limited series "A View from the Summit". For more information and resources your community can use, click here to download the SAMHSA 988 toolkit.Maria B. Stanfield is Director for Strategic Operations in Administration for the Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network. This behavioral health-focused network, with hundreds of providers, serves over 75,000 adults and children in Detroit and surrounding Wayne County, Michigan. She discussed her company's approach to behavioral crisis management as well as her perspective on the national "988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline".Next, NCQA Recognition Programs Policy Manager Fatin Yousufzai gives us the inside scoop on strategies for practices seeking PCMH recognition.Finally, our Fast Facts segment focuses on December's Safe Toys and Gifts Month observance, alongside a description of NCQA's “Children and Adolescents' Access to Primary Care Practitioners" HEDIS measures. We also give information on the NCQA Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality and Equity Fellowship and how you may qualify to apply.

When you hear about value-based care, do you get tired of hearing about concepts without tangible best practices?  Do you ever wish you could just acquire insights from a leader who navigated a successful value journey?  If you want to learn from one of the best in the “value game”, look no further than Dr. Bill Wulf, the CEO of Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC). Dr. Wulf is a respected leader in the value movement and leads the largest physician-owned primary care group in the United States.  During his leadership tenure, COPC has grown to over 480 physicians and 83 locations in central Ohio. The growth of the practice has empowered a successful value journey, with COPC caring for 75,000 senior patients in full-risk arrangements with Medicare Advantage and ACO REACH in partnership with Agilon Health (and the current move to full-risk in commercial plans with employers in partnership with Vera Whole Health). Dr. Wulf describes a value journey that has been over two decades in the making.  It started with a merger in the late 90's to create a fully-integrated primary care practice platform. And then in 2010, a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) transformation led to unprecedented success in full-risk Medicare Advantage.  COPC has built upon their MA success to now partner with large employers in full-risk programs, and they are also one of the new participants in the ACO REACH program. In this interview, Dr. Wulf goes into great depth on the care delivery innovations that were made possible by prospective payment and capital investment. He discusses hospitalist and ER care coordination programs, home-based care delivery, after-hours primary care access, telehealth, onsite clinics at employer locations, and the importance of data-driven insights from a unified EHR. You will also hear about how COPC has benefited from successful partnerships to build an even more effective infrastructure for population health outcomes. Most importantly, you will hear how COPC playing the “value game” helps their independent physicians take better care of patients! Episode Bookmarks: 03:30 The origin story of Central Ohio Primary Care (COPC) – the nation's largest independent primary care practice that is leading in VBC 05:30 Dr. Wulf describes how a practice merger in the late 90's led a successful hospitalist program, contracting strategy, and ancillary services model 07:00 Post-merger growth of practice because of better contracting rates and ancillary services revenue 07:30 “Our growth in the last 10 years has been a result of us playing the “value game” in helping physicians take better care of patients.” 08:00 This year COPC is integrating 3 practices (30 physicians) at a time when there aren't as many independent PCPs available. 09:00 COPC's commitment to physician independence, where physicians have the freedom to care for their patients without interference. 09:30 Beginning the value journey through the decision to transform into a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) 11:00 How physician independence leads to freedom to make data-driven referrals that improve population health outcomes. 12:00 A unified Electronic Health Record (EHR) led to the identification of the “best” doctors in the practice. 13:00 “The best physicians in the practice were not the busiest ones…but these physicians (pre-value journey) were making the least income.” 13:45 “Our best physicians were creating value for the payer, employer, and the government, but they were not recognized for value in a FFS world.” 14:30 Dr. Wulf describes how Level 3 PCMH recognition led to value creation (“a stepping stone”) 16:00 PMPM payments from commercial and MA plans led to programs that improved outcomes with high-risk patients. 16:30 COPC's Hospitalist Program (100 physicians) and ER Care Coordination Program 17:00 Nursing care coordination that leads to effective post-discharge planning and transitions of care from the hospital.

Many roads will bring us to health value, but some roads will get us there faster than others. As we reimagine our nation's healthcare system, we must build alternative avenues to value beyond the conventional fee-for-service approaches to transformation. In building a superhighway that fully unleashes the power of independent and accountable physician groups, we will produce faster and better results. Joining us this week on the Race to Value is Susan Dentzer, the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Physician Groups (APG), the organization of more than 335 physician practices that provide patient-centered, coordinated, and integrated care for patients while being accountable for cost and quality.  APG members provide care to nearly 90 million patients nationwide and are leading this nation's superhighway in the race to value. In this podcast episode, we discuss advanced primary care transformation, restructuring of payment models to reach scalability and impact, health policy reforms, PCP employment trends, the M&A landscape in provider consolidation, Medicare Advantage, and the power of tech-enabled asset-light care delivery. Episode Bookmarks: 01:30 Introduction to Susan Dentzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Physician Groups (APG) 04:30 More than 60% of health care payments in 2020 included some form of quality and value component 05:30 Despite traction, moving to value at a glacial pace (reference recent surveys fromMGMA and HCP-LAN) 06:30 Susan discusses the entrenchment of FFS and how difficult it is to change the payment edifice in U.S. healthcare 09:00 Overcoming the extraordinary backlash and resistance to realigning payment incentives in American healthcare 12:00 How APG is approaching the national transition to value 13:30 The need for advanced primary care in helping CMS achieving its 2030 goal to drive accountable care 14:45 The systematic undervaluing of primary care and overemphasis on hospitalizations 16:00 How the payment structure was hijacked by proceduralists and specialty care 16:30 Clinton era health policy reforms that attempted to restructure Medicare payments to primary care 17:30 Where would we have been if we tackled primary care reimbursement and workforce challenges in the 1990's? 18:30 Limited progress in voluntary innovation models to advance primary care effectiveness (e.g. PCMH, team-based care) 19:30 How the NHS in England created state-of-the-art primary care through 24/7 access 20:45 The private sector stepping up to modernize care delivery access and infrastructure where public policy failed 21:30 Investment in primary and secondary prevention to address chronic disease 22:00 Transitioning from a cottage industry to a well-funded, risk-based primary care strategy to improve population health 24:00 PCP employment by hospitals often not an driver of value-based care due to referral maximization objectives 24:30 Independent PCPs will need to find investment partners to advance risk-based transformation 24:45 Susan discusses the success of Central Ohio Primary Care's partnership with agilon health 29:00 Medicare Trust Fund solvency will be depleted by 2026, but APM adoption could help avoid this fate. 30:30 “Many roads can bring you to value, but some roads will get you there faster than others.” 31:00 MACRA legislation created MIPS and APMs using the current fee-for-service chassis 31:45 The importance of the 5% bonus/incentive payments to QPP participants that are a part of Advanced APM models 32:30 Hospitals pocketing APM incentive payments for employed providers will not accelerate path to value. 32:45 Results comparison between physician-led and hospital-led ACOs 34:00 Susan explains why America's physicians are the superhighway to Value Transformation 36:00 Capitation within the ACO REACH model as a continuation of full-risk success in Medicare Advantage 38:00 “Alternative avenues to value – beyond the conventional F...

In this week's episode of HealthCare Trailblazers, we touch on the following topics with our guest Henry Denis: 1. Wall street vs healthcare 2. Why Sharing patient health records is still so inefficient3. Who should be the owner of patient health records4. Why value-based care is a scary term for some5. Why direct contracting will be the futureAbout Henry Henry Is the CEO of Medical Informatix. He has three decades of experience in information technology infrastructure and strategy. Henry is a recognized industry leader in the design and implementation of digital systems to optimize participation in Meaningful Use, PQRS, VBM, PCMH, DSRIP, MACRA, MIPS, and other value-based reimbursement models. His company Medical Informatix has developed a platform that allows Doctors to practice medicine while they handle the analytics and processes required to succeed in Quality and Value-Based Programs. Learn more about Previva Health Group:Website: https://previva.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/previva-health-group/Learn more about Henry Denis:https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-denis-b534571/

Two weeks ago, we shared the top ten most listened to RHLR episodes ever! Number two on that list was Episode #103 a Conversation with Kate Hill. This week we're highlighting that episode with Kate Hill and listening back to her story. “Our motto is actually safety, honesty and caring.” ~Kate Hill Kate Hill, RN, is a graduate of Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing in Philadelphia, PA. As an Army Nurse, Kate served in Viet Nam (27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai) where she was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Kate has worked with orthopedic patients in several capacities including Head Nurse of Orthopedics in Newark, NJ., followed by Biomet working in various capacities. Kate joined The Compliance Team (TCT) in early 2012 to direct TCT's rural health clinic accreditation program and has fallen in love with Rural. As VP of Clinical Services, she has spearheaded the TCT Rural Health Clinic Accreditation program combining her clinical expertise, business acumen and passion for delivery of the best care possible to every patient.  She presently serves on the Board of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics. Kate also works with clinics in TCT's PCMH program and is ensuring that a PCMH accreditation is being increasingly rewarded by payers.

What you'll get out of this episodeIn this episode, Carrie Nixon talks with husband and wife team, Mark and Kristen Engelen, co-founders of RxLive, a digital health company that re-imagines the role of pharmacists through virtual consultations with patients of value-based care delivery organizations. Listen to discover: How pharmacists can play a critical role in reducing the burden on primary care physicians who are managing the care of chronic disease patients Why value-based entities are the ideal partners for RxLive What role drug pricing transparency plays in pharmacists' ability to help manage high spend on drugs. About our GuestsKristen Engelen, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Co-founder Kristen is an experienced retail pharmacist, having worked for multiple national chains including Target, Kroger and Walgreens. She has a background in and passion for clinical geriatric pharmacy and is a licensed consultant pharmacist. Kristen received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina's Eshelman School of Pharmacy, where she graduated with distinction.Mark Engelen, Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder Mark is a marketing, strategy and product executive with experience across multiple healthcare verticals including Healthcare IT, PBMs, public policy, and retail pharmacy. Mark has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and degrees in Economics and Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.About the CompanyRxLive is a nationwide telehealth platform of clinical pharmacists delivering concierge medication counseling to provider's patients, employer groups, and consumers. We work with progressive healthcare organizations, employers and payers to integrate pharmacists into the collaborative care team process resulting in improved outcomes and reduced costs. Our service requires no up-front capital expenditures and delivers a value-added program at a zero-net cost. A hallmark of our process is a focus on motivational interviewing, relationship building and solving the social determinants of non-compliance. Services include:  In-depth pharmacist counseling over video chat or phone,  Pharmacogenomic testing with pharmacist consultations,  Pharmacist integration into PCMH, CPC+, MSSP and MIPS programs, Post Discharge Medication Reconciliation, Specialty pharmacy cost management, and Medication counseling for employees and their extended families.Additional Resources Key areas to check before adding telepharmacy to your business model Connect with Kristen on LinkedIn Connect with Mark on LinkedIn Learn more about RxLive Join the ConversationAre you a healthcare innovator? Tell us what topics and people you'd like us to cover in future episodes:– Website – LinkedIn – Twitter – Instagram – YouTubeFollow our daily updates on LinkedIn:CarrieRebeccaAbout Your HostsCarrie Nixon and Rebecca Gwilt are partners at Nixon Gwilt Law, a healthcare innovation law firm exclusively serving Providers, Digital Health Companies, and Life Science Businesses seeking to transform the way we receive and experience healthcare. Find out more at NixonGwiltLaw.com. 

Our show today celebrates three outstanding health care workers: NCQA's Patient-Centered Medical Home Certified Content Expert Award Winners.NCQA's PCMH is the most widely adopted recognition program of its kind in the United States. Over 10,000 practices have been recognized through our PCMH, with more than 95 organizations in support of the program. The NCQA PCMH Content Expert Certification program certifies individuals who demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of NCQA's PCMH program. These professionals know the how and the why of supporting NCQA's endeavors to improve quality through measurement. The 2022 NCQA CCE Award winners represent the best of the best in helping bring hundreds, if not thousands of patients to value-based health care.This year's winners are Kelsey Keith, Elizabeth Sledge, and Shannon Nielson.Kelsey Keith is the PCMH Program Manager for the Northeast Georgia Physician's Group. Kelsey earned her CCE from NCQA in July of 2014. In her current role, she manages all NCQA programs. Over the past 10 years, she's transformed health care by helping over sixty ambulatory clinics in achieving PCMH; guiding 26 clinics to achieve NCQA's Diabetes Recognition Program (DRP); and overseeing 7 Urgent Care Clinics in maintaining our Patient Centered Connected Care (PCCC).Elizabeth Sledge has served as a Quality Consultant since 2016 at OSIS, a Cincinnati-based Health Center Controlled Network. A Licensed Practical Nurse, she is a NextGen EHR-Certified Professional and has been a PCMH CCE since 2016. She joined the OSIS team with over 17 years of clinical and administrative experience in multiple arenas, from community health and family practice, to internal medicine and immunology. In her role as a consultant, Elizabeth has supported health centers across the country in achieving and sustaining PCMH recognition as well as their Distinction in Behavioral Health, through operational change management and standardized workflow optimization.Shannon Nielson is one of the owners of CURIS Consulting and Principal Consultant. Shannon previously served in roles as a “C-Suite Health Administrator”, including CIO, COO, and CQO, a Chief Quality Officer. Shannon has over 18 years' experience working with health centers, hospitals, primary care centers and health care networks, helping them all to improve performance. As for her work with NCQA's PCMH program, Shannon has completed over 200 NCQA PCMH transformations, overseen performance assessments on over 150 community health centers, and assisted networks in developing clinically integrated networks.

Chatting with my man John Gallagher today on all things health, healthcare and leadership. John is the founder and CEO of Growing Champions, LLC where his mission is to Grow Champions that Grow Champions. Over his 25-year career, John has coached clients in Healthcare, Manufacturing, and other industries. John's work in Healthcare included Atrius Health, a large multi- specialty group practice in Boston, MA, Cone Health in Greensboro, NC, Indiana University Health, and Harvard University Health Services. John has spoken, written, blogged, coached and taught on many current Healthcare industry topics, including: Digital Health, Population Health, Cancer Care Transformation, ACO , PCMH, Primary Care, Specialty care including medical and surgical specialties, and Leadership Development. John has provided professional advisory/coaching at the C-suite, executive and director levels as well as facilitated change management through all levels of Healthcare operations. John also transformed his health and nutrition habits on his way to losing 80lbs and being featured for his efforts in Men's Health Magazine, serving as a prime example you can get fitter at any age. On top of that he is an all around good dude who truly wants to help people get healthier and happier in every area of their life. You can learn more about him here at: https://www.instagram.com/coach.johngallagher/ and https://linktr.ee/coachjohngallagher and his podcast "Uncommon Leader" is available on all major podcast outlets. Reminder our 40 Days of Fitness is Open for Enrollment - https://www.jeremyscottfitness.com/40-days-of-fitness Thanks to our Sponsors: Athletic Greens www.athleticgreens.com/jeremyscott Free year supply of vitamin D3 with 5 free travel packs Sleeves Sold Separately - https://sleevessoldseparately.com/collections/jscott Code JSCOTT15 for 15% off all clothes & gear Dry Farms Wine - dryfarmwines.com/jeremyscottfitness Each new member will earn an extra bottle for just a penny with their first order of wine when they use this link. Jaylab Pro - https://jeremyscottfitness.jaylabpro.com/products.html

In a career focused on improving global health value through systems transformation, relationship-based primary care has been at the heart of Dr. Paul Grundy's crusade.  Dr. Grundy is a data transformation advocate, active writer, social entrepreneur, speaker on global healthcare transformation, humanitarian, diplomat, and trusted healer.  He has traveled the world more than any other physician that has ever lived and seen how other country's deliver health care.  Dr. Grundy is such a transformational force for social change that Nelson Mandela even called him a “good troublemaker” as someone who is always looking for innovative disruptions to benefit humankind.  We often reflect on those great leaders in American History who challenged us to be better…from JFK asking individuals to step up, and Ronald Reagan admonishing communists to join the free world, to Martin Luther King, Jr. who provided us with a powerful anthem for change with his work in advocating for civil rights.  In the healthcare history books Dr. Grundy will be known as a crusader with his own version of the “I have a Dream” vision for transformation! Our guest this week is Dr. Paul Grundy, commonly known in industry as “The Godfather of the Patient Centered Medical Home.” Although he didn't invent the medical home model, he gave it a voice, definition, structure, and made it real. The model is focused on that which is most important – the cultivation of a trusting patient relationship. Whether you call it a milestone or the finish line, that trusting relationship is critical in the race to value. Episode Bookmarks: 02:00 Introduction to Dr. Paul Grundy – a humanitarian and healthcare legend in patient-centered care models and value transformation 04:30 Referencing Dan Pelino's book, “Trusted Healers” that was written about Dr. Grundy's worldwide crusade for better healthcare 05:00 Dr. Grundy's international healthcare experiences as a humanitarian and diplomat that has traveled more air miles than any physician in history! 06:00 Dr. Grundy's work with Nelson Mandela and how he become known as a “good troublemaker” looking for innovative disruptions to benefit humankind 07:00 How growing up in Africa informed Dr. Grundy of the importance of a traditional healer in creating relationships that drive better patient outcomes 07:30 “A relationship of trust must be the basis for an accountable health care delivery system that works.” 08:00 Reflections from observing health systems all over the world and how Denmark is the leading example of relationship-based primary care 08:45 Research showing that relationship-based primary care reduces both healthcare costs and mortality rates 09:10 Dr. Grundy speaks about his prior work at IBM and how IBM viewed the Patient-Centered Medical Home as foundational for “system integration” 09:30 The history of the Patient-Centered Medical Home and how shared data underpins the success of the model 10:15 Accountable Care begins at the intersection of trusted healing (relationships) and systems integration (coordinated data sharing) 11:00 Formative experiences growing up in the African bush and how that enabled Dr. Grundy to understand and apply deeply held tribal beliefs into his own life 13:00 Dr. Grundy discusses how Quakerism and The Eight Laws of Social Change has been his guiding light to seek social impact through global health reforms and value-based care 16:30 How early followers are just as important as revolutionary leaders in creating social change 17:00 “The current healthcare delivery system is a form of violence when an episode of care is what is valued – whether that episode of care is necessary or not. We need a cultural shift away from an episode of care to managing population health.” 18:00 The importance of accessing data at the point-of-care to improve population health outcomes 19:00 Eric engages Dr. Grundy on his leadership in the Patient-Centered Medica...

Hosts Tom Foley invites Steven D. Weinman, Principal at FQHC Associated to discuss the intersection of FQHC, PCMH and Virtual Care. This show is sponsored by HP and Intel. HP Engage long lifecycle products provide the stability, safety and security you need plus flexibility and performance designed for today and tomorrow. Intel would like you to know, they are going above and beyond together with new standards for business, with the latest intel VPro processors, delivering what IT needs for performance, security, remote manageability and stability. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play HealthcareNOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Host Tom Foley invites Helen Dao, Founder and CEO of DAO Consulting Services Inc to discuss the intersection of FQHC, PCMH and Virtual Care. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play HealthcareNOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

Gilbert W. Foertsch Gilbert Walter Foertsch was born on July 24, 1933 to parents Oscar and Edna (Polster) Foertsch. He was reborn by God's grace in Christ Jesus in the waters of Holy Baptism on August 10, 1933 at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Evanston, Indiana by Rev. F. Breuer. His baptismal faith was nurtured through God's Word taught in his home and at church. On March 30, 1947, at St. John's, he publically confessed his baptismal faith and was confirmed by Rev. Otto Mueller. For Gib's confirmation verse Pastor Mueller chose Revelation 2:10 “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Gib rejoiced to receive the life-giving body and blood of Jesus. On April 12, 1958 the Lord united Mona Faye Huebschman and Gib in the blessed estate of marriage. They were married at Emmanuel Lutheran Church by Rev. John E. Schroeder. The Lord blessed them with 63 years of married life together. God also blessed their marriage with the gift of children: Jeff & David. God blessed Gib's life with many special people as he served God in his vocations at home, church, work, and in the community. He served the Lord laboring for 42 years for Can Clay. He had also served the Lord as a soldier in the U.S. Army. Gib was an active member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church were he served faithfully on several boards and committees, serving as a deacon or trustee for 32 years. On August 21, 2021, God called Gib home to heaven. He fell asleep in Jesus' loving arms at PCMH. On Saturday, August, 2021 the Lord delivered Gib from this valley of sorrow and took him Home to Himself in Heaven. Gib fell asleep in Jesus' nail scarred hands at Perry County Memorial Hospital, Tell City, at the age of 88. Left to look forward to the grand family reunion that awaits all Christians on the Last Day in the resurrection of their bodies and the life of the world to come are his wife, Faye, sons, Jeff Foertsch of Tell City, IN and David (Mary) Foertsch of Jasper, IN; grandchildren, Ryen, Dustie, Kyle, Kaci; great grandchildren, Clara, Alexander, Ruby, Sawyer, Julia and Conner. He was preceded Home to Heaven through death by his parents and brother Oscar. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Dr. Martha Rodriguez, founder of MMR Healthcare discusses interoperability and her firsthand experience of using data to improve both practice outcomes and patient experience. She talks about her use of eClinicalWorks who helps providers improve interoperability and have greater access to data, giving them access to live data, giving them access to Carequality and CommonWell Health Alliance networks, and securely exchanging over 50 million records per month with other practices and hospitals. As a well-established primary care physician in Boynton Beach, Florida, Dr. Martha Rodriguez has sculpted a foundation of medicine that prioritizes coordination of care. As a child, Dr. Rodriguez knew this would be her life's work. She earned her medical degree from the Universidad Central del Este, Dominican Republic, and completed her residency at Hackensack Medical Center, New Jersey in 1993. She went on to establish her private practice in 1997. Currently, Dr. Rodriguez owns and operates her private practice at a state-of-the-art facility she has coined, MMR Healthcare. Her field of specialty is geriatric care and making patients' golden years shine. MMR Healthcare has been PCMH recognized since 2014. In 2012, she co-founded one of the highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in the country and served as its Chairman of the Board until the end of 2016. With coordination of care at the frontlines of every patient visit, she works to ignite the path towards healthcare excellence. Her other passion is leadership. She was the medical director of several skilled, assisted, and independent living facilities for many years. Including all the local facilities for Life Care, which included Harbour's Edge and the Abbeys. She is a graduate of the Palm Beach Medical Society Leadership Academy and currently enrolled in the American College of Physicians Leadership Academy. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Palm Beach Medical Society for several years as well as part of the Executive Committee. Dr. Rodriguez also chairs the Women's Council for the Medical Society. She is a teacher for NSU College of Pharmacy where she is heavily involved in pharmacy students' and residents' training as well as research which has led to multiple publications with the University. Outside of medicine, Dr. Rodriguez loves to spend time with her family and go to the beach. Her greatest pastime is playing with her first granddaughter. #Interoperability #eClinicalWorks

When Thomas Edison created the electric light bulb, he didn't stop with that one incredible invention. He took the next step and created the industry that would maximize the benefit of that light bulb, the infrastructure needed to make that light bulb become a permeating and permanent piece of society. This is the type of vision needed for the health care system as a whole, and the type of vision that is occurring in Dallas Texas. Catalyst Health Network's physicians are intent on the vision of “Primary Care for All”, serving communities that are mired in a systemic, multi-generational crisis—where one in three children in Dallas lives in poverty, the third-highest rate of child poverty in the nation. This week's guest, Dr. Christopher Crow, President of Catalyst Health Network, has connected and aligned a network of more than 1,000+ Primary Care Providers with nearly 1 million lives across North Texas, to build a better care model for patients that improves health and lowers cost. His work with Catalyst led them to be the first North Texas physician network to hold value-based contracts with the top four major carriers: Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, BCBSTX, and Cigna. To date, Catalyst has saved an impressive $100 million for the communities they serve. Dr. Crow and Catalyst are a bright example of leadership in the race to value! Episode Bookmarks: 04:00 Thomas Edison's signature invention of the light bulb was a little more than a parlor trick without a system of electric power generation and transmission 05:00 How Catalyst you've been able to imbue a full spectrum of innovation with its value attempts 06:00 The origin story of Dr. Crow and Catalyst Health Network 07:20 Systems thinking design and strategy as a leading force to payer collaboration 08:20 Dr. Crow's A-Ha moment when seeing Catalyst's performance data and how value design and PCMH really does lowers cost and utilization 09:30 How growing up in the small town of Hillsboro, Texas inspired Dr. Crow to help communities thrive 10:50 The three pillars to helping communities thrive are health, education, and business. 11:20 Building a healthcare system to deliver more value starts with team-based primary care. 12:45 f an independent primary care practice can thrive (not just survive), the data shows that the community will thrive as well. 13:30 Centralization of population health management with deep personalization 15:00 Leveraging trust of the physician-patient relationship by extending it to the entire care team at scale 15:35 The concept of relationship compounding in value-based care and how it leads to lower costs and better health 16:40 The income and public health disparities in Dallas, Texas and how life expectancy differs by 24 years between neighboring zip codes! 18:10 Dallas is a tale of two cities – affluence and poverty.  What is Dr. Crow's vision to help everyone in the community thrive? 19:30 Dr. Crow's vision for “Primary Care For All” to improve longevity and prosperity 21:00 The impact of COVID-19 on building virtual care and telehealth capabilities within the practice 21:30 The importance of telehealth in addressing issues with Behavioral Health and “healthcare deserts” 23:00 Creating the Catalyst Community Foundation to provide access to affordable, quality care, starting with COVID-19 testing and vaccinations 25:15 “If you really want to create impact with high leverage, go upstream with primary care and social services”. 26:20 Building a business model for a self-sustaining, community-based foundation that will ultimately lead to Primary Care For All 27:30 Private Equity investment and provider consolidation – what does this mean for the future of primary care? 31:00 How Catalyst helps small primary care practices build the table stakes for value-based care from a technology and service standpoint 34:45 Catalyst receiving URAC's full accreditation in Clinical Integratio...

Dr. Paul Grundy is known as “The Godfather” of the Patient Centered Medical Home.  He is also the founding President of The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative.  Dr. Grundy shares the history of the PCMH and tells us how this has evolved over time.  He shares why it’s all about the data and gives us a refreshing look at why we need to focus on population health. Show notes:  Favorite Podcasts:  This Week in Virology.  Books:  Provider-Led Population Health Management by Richard Hodach; Trusted Healers: Dr. Paul Grundy and The Global Healthcare Crusade by Dan Pelino; Lost and Found: A Consumer’s Guide to Healthcare by Peter Anderson and Paul Grundy; and The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid.  

In this special Veteran’s Day episode of Rural Health Leadership Radio, we're talking with Kate Hill, RN. Kate is a US Army Veteran and Bronze Star Recipient, awarded in recognition of meritorious service in a combat zone while serving in Viet Nam. You may know her as Vice President of Clinical Services with The Compliance Team. Here is what Kate had to say about receiving the Bronze Star: “I was humbled beyond belief… I was overwhelmed because there were so many more deserving, particularly men, who served in the jungles in great peril… And so frankly, I was shocked… It reads meritorious service in a combat zone, and that it was. I spent many nights in a bunker…” ~Kate Hill, RN Kate Hill, RN, grew up outside of Philadelphia and is a graduate of Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing. As an Army Nurse, Kate served in Viet Nam where she was awarded the Bronze Star. Kate has worked with orthopedic patients in several capacities including nearly 3 decades with Biomet in various capacities. Kate joined The Compliance Team in early 2012 to direct TCT’s rural health clinic accreditation program and has fallen in love with Rural. As VP of Clinical Services, she has spearheaded the TCT Rural Health Clinic Accreditation program combining her clinical expertise, business acumen and passion for delivery of the best care possible to every patient.  She presently serves on the Board of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics. She feels fortunate to have been able to speak at numerous state and national meetings about RHC compliance countrywide which gave her the opportunity to learn firsthand the diverse regional issues clinics are facing. Kate also works with clinics in TCT’s PCMH program and is seeing that a PCMH accreditation is being increasingly rewarded by payers. Kate lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and near her three granddaughters.

Corrine is a mother of three fantastic boys ranging from 18-7 who are all neurodivergent and have mental health struggles. Corrine's background is in nonprofit work and after leaving work to support her family's needs full time she connected with Parents for Children's Mental Health (PCMH) in a time of crisis and has been so grateful for the support received through the group. When asked to take on more of a leadership role as a Chapter Leader for PCMH in Windsor, Ontario she was humbled and honoured to do so. Corrine loves connecting with families and has a passion for supporting parents and caregivers, the ability to connect with people who have lived experience is vital for people to feel empowered, supported, understood, and not alone. Parents for Children's Mental Health believe that children, youth, and their families suffering from mental health challenges deserve our extreme respect and assurance. We are dedicated to improving the lives of these families. 00:13 Who is Corrine and what is Parents for Children's Mental Health? 02:30 Supporting parents/guardians in navigating the mental health system 05:20 Early intervention, signs that parents can look for... Reach out to PCMH! 08:17 Developmental milestones and where parents can find resources 09:40 Funding through donations 11:00 The first of three pillars: support 13:35 The second pillar of education 16:50 Empower - PCMH's third pillar 18:50 Changes that have and have not happened to support children with mental health challenges 21:00 In crisis? If you are being injured or your child is injuring themselves 22:20 Hope! No one needs to be alone 23:50 Resources in Ontario for parents/guardians and anyone struggling with mental health PCMH, Kids Help Phone, Good2Talk, and the Mental Health Helpline http://www.pcmh.ca/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/taking-the-helm/support

How does an organization have a banner year in 2019, start 2020 with additional momentum, and then continue to grow despite COVID-19 making them change their whole approach? Because they have something the market needs, because they are able to adapt, because they care about solving their customer's needs – and the list goes on.   Earlier this year, Innovaccer released survey results showing that more than 45 percent of healthcare executives understand value-based care; however, most of those are still in the pilot phase of their value-based performance or risk-based transition. About 30% said all patient data is not in one place, and many organizations are not using artificial intelligence. The inadequate progress towards true democratization of data and widespread interoperability confirms we have much to do as an industry in creating a more workable approach to health value. Innovaccer is leading an important movement towards data activation and the creation of a unified, longitudinal patient record, including in part, their InCare solution: an artificial Intelligence-enabled care management platform that automates workflows and creates point-of-care alerts.   In this podcast episode, we are speaking with Dr. David Nace, Chief Medical Officer for Innovaccer. His experience as a family physician, an executive in the insurance industry, an advisor on a government task force, a chair for the Primary Care Collaborative, and a host of other experiences make Dr. Nace a perfect guest to help health care professionals understand better approaches to data. In the race to make value work, Dr. Nace and Innovaccer are showing the industry how to care as one.   05:27     Fee-for-service as the “wild west” of healthcare motivating his journey in value 09:40     Data activation required to effectively manage a patient population 12:27     The effect of the pandemic as a contributor to even more innovation 16:30     Education and workforce development needed for value-based care transformation 19:05     Transcending the vendor-customer relationship by forging collaborative partnerships 23:05     ACLC as a vehicle to expand learning through industry collaboration 26:21     Leveraging large employers to drive patient-centered, primary care empowerment 28:10     PCMH principles as building blocks of whole-person care 30:45     The birth of the ACOs as an outgrowth of the PCMH movement 36:18     Using machine learning and AI to provide insights and create efficiencies 37:24     Overcoming inertia and using COVID-19 as a source of technological innovation 40:22     The three stages of AI: real-time data insights, insight-driven action, and automation 43:55     Unified patient records allow for automated chart reviews and AI-driven clinician workflows 47:05     How the pandemic will allow us to overcome inertia in health value 49:06     Medicare Advantage as a potential scenario for payment reform 51:25     SDOH and how to understand the true drivers of patient health outcomes 54:23     Zipcodes and credit scores are the two most important data points to understand vulnerability

In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” Scott Meyer, Executive Director of Value Based Care Operations at Summit Medical Group (SMG) in Tennessee and Matt Brock, NCQA Communications Director, discuss how NCQA’s Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Program transformed SMG’s more than 70 practices. Scott examines how NCQA’s PCMH Recognition program helped SMG quickly adapt […]

Pioneer Physicians Network, an independent physician group in Northeast Ohio, has used PCMH recognition and participation in CPC+ to develop a more structured and disciplined approach to care. As a result, the network realized the value of opening after-hour clinics to serve patients who would otherwise continue to go to local emergency departments. The network is now improving ED utilization, controlling costs, and better understanding the urgent care needs of their patients.

In literally minute-by-minute, life and death situations, healthcare providers around the world are putting their own lives at risk as they answer the call to treat overwhelming numbers of Coronavirus patients. The situation is nowhere more challenging than in New York State, Long Island and here in Stony Brook, where medical professionals have been keeping pace with the surge day by day. On this episode of “Beyond the Expected," hosted by Interim President MIchael Bernstein, Stony Brook University Hospital attending physicians share their personal experiences of being infected by, and recovering from, COVID-19, in this environment, and Stony Brook University Hospital's Medical Director of Healthcare Epidemiology provides her expert opinions on how to stop the spread among patients and providers. Susan Donelan, MD, FSHEA, Medical Director, Healthcare Epidemiology Department; Hospital Epidemiologist; Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases and Medical Director, Regional Training Center, MARO Region Susan Donelan has a strong clinical expertise in infectious diseases such as Lyme Disease and West Nile Virus, hospital-acquired infections, and MRSA. She has an interest in emerging infectious diseases, and her Ebola care plan is adaptable for patients who may have diseases like MERS-CoV and avian influenza. She has certified training in pandemic planning and preparedness, and trained for a week in Anniston, Alabama at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, with a certification in Healthcare Leadership and Decision Making. Dr. Donelan will share how all of this training and experience is being put to work in our current pandemic crisis to help prevent the occurrence, and spread, of COVID-19 among patients and the healthcare professionals treating them. Kimberly Noel, MD MPH, Stony Brook Medicine Telehealth Director; Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer; Patient Centered Medical Home Chief Quality Officer, Family Medicine; Occupational and Employee Health & Wellness Physician; Clinical Assistant Professor of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine Dr. Noel is a physician, published researcher, and telehealth specialist. She serves as the Director of Stony Brook Medicine Telehealth and the Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer and Chief Quality Officer of Family Medicine's PCMH. She devises telehealth strategy, implementation and policy solutions in collaboration with key stakeholders at Stony Brook and co-leads the Telehealth Workgroup, reporting to the Chief Information Officer. She is an occupational health physician, and practices clinically caring for Stony Brook employees. Beyond Stony Brook, Dr. Noel is an appointee to the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee. She is leading a program for the American Telemedicine Association 2020 Conference for Telehealth Accessibility for persons with disabilities. James Vosswinkel, MD, FACS, Chief, Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care; Medical Director, Trauma Center Surgical ICU, Stony Brook Medicine; and Lillian and Leonard Schneider Endowed Professor in Trauma Surgery James “Voss” Vosswinkel's specialties include surgical management of injured patients in all aspects of traumatology. That includes management of diseases of the gastrointestinal and endocrine systems; treatment of soft tissue disease; repair of hernias; appendectomy; cholecystectomy; laparoscopic surgery; and pre- and post-operative critical care of adult surgical patients. Before and during this Coronavirus pandemic, he has been leading efforts to increase our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity; collaborate with medical professionals locally, across the country and globally to share experiences and best practices; and develop innovative ways to treat patients in trauma under unimaginably challenging circumstances.

Eryc Taylor, Artistic Director/Founder of Eryc Taylor Dance, has presented work worldwide since 1995. Originally from Los Angles, he received his BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and an MFA in Dance from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Eryc Taylor has studied abroad at both the London Contemporary School of Dance and the Centre de Danse du Marais in Paris. Taylor has been awarded several major scholarships, including residency at Jacob's Pillow, and spent two years with Merce Cunningham's Junior Ensemble (RUG). He is currently on the University of the Arts Alumni Council. Taylor has performed works by Merce Cunningham, Mark Dendy, Group Motion, Paul Taylor, Milton Meyers, Sean Curran and Gus Solomons Jr, and strongly believes in artistic collaboration. With Eryc Taylor Dance, he has worked closely with artists Chris Annas-Lee, Mark Beard, Gerald Busby, Simon Hayes (Swarm Intelligence), David Kagen, Sidney Grant, Scooter LaForge, Salomon Lerner, Laura Peterson, Daniel Tobias, and Stephan Michael Smith. His work has been presented at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Joyce Soho, The Second Avenue Dance Theater, Joe's Pub at The Public Theater (NYC), New York Live Arts, Armando Manzanero Teatro and Teatro José Peón Contreras (Merida, Mexico), Martha Graham Studio Theater, Bryant Park Theater, Guild Hall (East Hampton, NY). ETD is slated to perform at the Busan Cultural Center (Busan, South Korea) and the Provincetown Dance Festival (Cape Cod, MA) for 2019. Taylor's work, E A R T H, was recently awarded a generous match grant from the Marta Heflin Foundation, which will premiere in its entirety in 2020. E A R T H is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by LMCC. As the Founder & Director of ETD Outreach, Taylor oversees a curated community outreach program that works to better society through the healing powers of dance. In 2019 his outreach team of instructors taught over 918 workshops at fifteen locations in the New York area, including Hour Children, The Acacia Network, Felix Organization, PCMH, Lantern & NYU Langone. Ways to contact Eryc Taylor: Etd.nyc- website @eryctaylordance- IG @etdoutreach- IG etdoutreach.org burnbarre.com @burnbarre-IG @burnbarretechnique- IG

In this episode of “Inside Health Care,” Thomasene Barnes, of New York Health and Hospitals, and Kelsey Keller, of Hackensack Meridian Health, discuss their PCMH Certified Content Expert (CCE) Quality awardwinning efforts with Matt Brock, NCQA Director of Communications. Thomasene and Kelsey talk about their innovative strategies for improving patient-centered care. They also discuss their leadership […]

In this health care podcast, seven thought leaders talk about the areas of promise they see in health care in 2020. Seven thought leaders include: Kimberly Noel, MD, from Stony Brook Medicine Eric Weaver, from Innovista Health Solutions Suzanne Delbanco, from Catalyst for Payment Reform Sue Schade, from StarBridge Advisors Naomi Fried, from Health Innovation Strategies Joe Grundy, from Grundy Consulting Adrian Rubstein, from Merck Just a couple of comments up front here. I don’t want to further my reputation for dropping major spoilers, however, so I’ll keep this short. Many of the thought leaders today talk about AI in various contexts. Are you rolling your eyes right now? If so, let me remind everyone about the Gartner Hype Cycle. The first step is wild-eyed enthusiasm. The next step in the hype cycle is anger, the old trough of disillusionment. I’d suggest that as far as AI is concerned, we are coming out of that trough and AI—be it artificial intelligence or augmented intelligence or machine learning or deep learning or whatever you choose to call it—it is being used, for reals, for various applications. Other corroborations among our thought leaders include the importance of exalting primary care, in the form of what some may call direct primary care and Zeev Neuwirth calls complex-condition care or condition-specific care—a relationship model, if you will. Another idea that comes up in various ways is the idea of breaking down silos and getting everyone with a stake in patient health to the table and focused on achieving better patient outcomes using all the technology and wherewithal available to us in 2020. By all the stakeholders, I mean going beyond the usual suspects of providers and insurance carriers—meaning employers. Also meaning Pharma, in the sense of Pharma taking the opportunity to collaborate more deeply toward outcomes their medications can potentially confer … IRL with RWE. Today’s episode features the following guests: Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, is a board-certified, preventive medicine physician. She serves as the telehealth director and deputy chief medical information officer of Stony Brook Medicine, where she provides leadership to all telehealth activities of the health system. Dr. Noel is also the chief quality officer of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) for the family medicine department, working on quality improvement and population health management for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation. She practices occupational medicine clinically and provides digital solutions for employee wellness programs. She is an appointee the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee and has won many service and innovation awards for health care. In academia, her research areas are in machine learning, risk models, and remote patient monitoring. Dr. Noel has developed several educational curriculums, including a 40-hour telehealth curriculum for the School of Medicine, as well as interprofessional educational curriculums with the School of Health Technology and Management, Nursing, Dentistry, and Social Work. Dr. Noel is a graduate of Duke, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities. She is a proud graduate of the Stony Brook Preventive Medicine program, whereby she is now working collaboratively with the residency program leadership on development of a telehealth preventive medicine service. Eric Weaver, DHA, MHA, is nationally recognized for his work in primary care transformation and value-based care. As a corporate vice president for Innovista Health Solutions, he oversees enterprise strategy and technology adoption for a fast-growing population health management services organization. Dr. Weaver has been recognized for his contribution to the health care industry by receiving the ACHE Robert S. Hudgens Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year and the Modern Healthcare “Up & Comers” Award in 2016. Prior to joining the Innovista leadership team in 2015, he was the president and CEO of Austin, Texas–based Integrated ACO—one of the more successful physician-led accountable care organizations in the country. Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, is the executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR), an independent, nonprofit corporation working to catalyze employers, public purchasers, and others to implement strategies that produce higher-value health care and improve the functioning of the health care marketplace. In addition to her duties at CPR, Suzanne serves on the advisory board of The Source on Healthcare Price & Competition at the University of California–Hastings and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute. Previously, she was the founding CEO of The Leapfrog Group. Suzanne holds a PhD in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy and an MPH from the School of Public Health at the University of California–Berkeley. Sue Schade, MBA, is a nationally recognized health IT leader and Principal at StarBridge Advisors providing consulting, coaching, and interim management services. She recently served as the interim chief information officer (CIO) at Stony Brook Medicine in New York. She was a founding advisor at Next Wave Health Advisors and in 2016 served as the interim CIO at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio. Sue previously served as CIO for the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers and, prior to that, as CIO for Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Her previous experience includes leadership roles at Advocate Health Care in Chicago, Ernst & Young, and a software/outsourcing vendor. Naomi Fried, PhD, is an innovative and digital health thought leader and founder and CEO of the boutique advisory firm, Health Innovation Strategies, which focuses on innovation program design and digital health strategy. Naomi was the first vice president of innovation and external partnerships at Biogen, the first chief innovation officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, and vice president of innovation and advanced technology at Kaiser Permanente. She served on the board of directors of the American Telemedicine Association and the Governor of Massachusetts’ Innovation Council. Joe Grundy has firsthand experience with nearly every aspect of primary care transformation. He has led policy and product development for the American Academy of Family Physicians, led in-the-trenches transformation of a primary care group, and served as national faculty for Medicare’s Comprehensive Primary Care Plus transformation project. He cofounded Grundy Consulting to work with stakeholders across the industry in order to accelerate the rate of effective transformation in primary care. Adrian Rubstein is a medical adviser and innovation manager at Merck KGaA, where he works to bring cutting-edge technologies to improve patients’ lives. He also helps new biotech companies in strategy development, investment, and business analysis.   02:41 Dr. Kimberly Noel and her thoughts on areas of promise. 02:53 Advocacy for inclusive innovation. 04:01 Why inclusive innovation is an area of promise in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). 04:52 “Who is most likely to be disadvantaged?” 05:27 Eric Weaver’s thoughts on areas of promise. 05:42 Relationship-driven, team-based primary care. 07:14 What investors are focused on right now. 07:34 Where the tipping point is in value-based care. 08:03 AI as another trend that will help improve health care. 08:48 Incorporating social determinants into primary care and the transformative potential of AI. 11:07 Suzanne Delbanco of Catalyst for Payment Reform and her thoughts on areas of promise. 11:26 Employers making the health care space work better for them as an area of promise. 11:52 Employers seeking out high-value health care in nontraditional ways. 13:10 Where to look to seek high-value health care. 14:37 Employers bringing in really good data. 16:15 Sue Schade’s thoughts on areas of promise. 16:32 How leveraging electronic health records is an area of promise. 16:58 Why eliminating clinician burnout is also part of this area of promise. 17:26 Patient engagement and the patient journey as another area of promise. 18:08 “You have to approach all of these from a partnership between digital, IT, and operations.” 18:30 Enterprise resource planning (ERP) as a third area of focus/promise. 19:01 AI as an area of promise and an area of hype. 19:48 Naomi Fried’s thoughts on areas of promise in health care. 20:02 Digital health developments from the pharma perspective. 22:15 The digital health start-up world as another area of interest and promise. 22:37 The importance of data and the importance of validating those data for digital health solutions. 23:02 Personalized medicine and digital health. 24:32 More jobs in digital health within clinical-grade solutions. 25:01 Joe Grundy’s thoughts on areas of promise in health care. 25:06 The direct primary care model as an area of promise. 26:08 “Questioning the very validity of our understanding of ‘quality’ in health care.” 28:01 Adrian Rubstein’s thoughts on areas of promise in health care. 28:08 AI in emergency medicine as an area of promise. 28:53 CRISPR gene editing as an area of promise. 29:59 Virtual reality/augmented reality as another area of promise in health care. Check out our newest #healthcarepodcast where @SuzanneDelbanco of @CPR4healthcare, @adrianrubstein, @DrKimNoel, @NaomiFried, @Eric_S_Weaver, and @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT give their thoughts on #areasofpromise in #healthcare. #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #healthIT #AI Why #inclusiveinnovation is an #areaofpromise in the advent of #artificialintelligence? @DrKimNoel explains on our #healthcarepodcast this week. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI “Who is most likely to be disadvantaged?” @DrKimNoel discusses on our #healthcarepodcast this week. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI #inclusiveinnovation Why does @Eric_S_Weaver believe relationship-driven, team-based #primarycare is an upcoming #areaofpromise in #healthcare? Listen to our #healthcarepodcast to find out! #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Where’s the tipping point in #valuebasedcare? @Eric_S_Weaver discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI What’s the transformative potential of #AI in #healthcare? @Eric_S_Weaver discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Why is #employers seeking out #highvaluehealthcare in nontraditional ways an #areaofpromise in #healthcare to @SuzanneDelbanco of @CPR4healthcare? Find out on our #healthcarepodcast. #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Where should #employers be looking to seek out #highvaluehealthcare? @SuzanneDelbanco of @CPR4healthcare discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech How can leveraging #EHRs be an #areaofpromise? @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI How does eliminating #clinicianburnout also play into #areasofpromise in #healthcare? @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthtech #digitalhealth #AI #podcast “You have to approach all of these from a partnership between digital, IT, and operations.” @sgschade of @StarBridgeHIT discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #healthtech #digitalhealth #AI Where do #areasofpromise in #healthcare play into #digitalhealth developments from the #pharma perspective? @NaomiFried explains on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #healthtech #AI Why is the #digitalhealth start-up world an #areaofpromise in #healthcare? @NaomiFried explains on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #healthtech #AI “Questioning the very validity of our understanding of ‘quality’ in health care.” Joe Grundy discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI Why is #AI in #emergencymedicine an #areaofpromise in #healthcare to @adrianrubstein? Find out on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #GeneEditing and #VR/#AR as #areasofpromise in #healthcare. @adrianrubstein discusses on our #healthcarepodcast. #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #AI

The CFHA podcast team discusses the role of spirituality in integrated care. How do you integrated spirituality into healthcare and why? Why does this make sense for integrated care? Notes: General resources: https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/about-us/esolutions-newsletter/e-solutions-june-2014 HOPE Questions: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0101/p81.html#afp20010101p81-t4 Good review article on the topic (note section on PCMH & team-based care): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4814294/

On this episode of Inside Health Care, we speak with Philip Saynisch, PhD, NCQA’s 2019 Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality Fellowship recipient and recent Harvard University graduate. He discusses his background, the current focus of his research and how he learned about the Phyllis Torda Health Care Quality Fellowship. Dr. Saynisch’s work aims to identify […]

There are four pillars that contribute to readmissions: ensuring patients are equipped to self-manage and properly take their medications; follow-up (usually by PCPs); managing transitions of care and care coordination, which might be known as interoperability; plus avoiding medical errors. Dr. Kim Noel and I discuss each of these pillars and how telehealth and other digital tools can close gaps and help patients do what they need to do to stay out of the hospital. Dr. Noel is a clinical researcher, physician, and telehealth specialist. She is an appointee to the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee and serves as the director of Stony Brook Medicine Telehealth and the deputy chief medical information officer there as well. Dr. Noel will be speaking at the Digital Medicine Conference sponsored by NODE.Health in New York City coming up in early December, so if you are intrigued by what you hear here, then definitely consider coming. By the way, NODE stands for Network of Digital Evidence; and I will also be at the Digital Medicine Conference in early December. So if you will be attending, too, please definitely let me know! Register here for the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference and get 20% off with our promo code: RELENTLESS20 You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Noel on Twitter at @DrKimNoel, or join her at the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference on December 9, 2019.  Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, is a board-certified, preventive medicine physician. She serves as the telehealth director and deputy chief medical information officer of Stony Brook Medicine, where she provides leadership to all telehealth activities of the health system. Dr. Noel is also the chief quality officer of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) for the family medicine department, working on quality improvement and population health management for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation. She practices occupational medicine clinically and provides digital solutions for employee wellness programs. She is an appointee the New York State Department of Health Regulatory Modernization Initiative Telehealth Advisory Committee and has won many service and innovation awards for health care. In academia, her research areas are in machine learning, risk models, and remote patient monitoring. Dr. Noel has developed several educational curriculums, including a 40-hour telehealth curriculum for the School of Medicine, as well as interprofessional educational curriculums with the School of Health Technology and Management, Nursing, Dentistry, and Social Work. Dr. Noel is a graduate of Duke, George Washington, and Johns Hopkins Universities. She is a proud graduate of the Stony Brook Preventive Medicine program, whereby she is now working collaboratively with the residency program leadership on development of a telehealth preventive medicine service. 02:14 Medical errors and other health barriers that lead to readmissions. 04:24 How to better understand the problem and start synergizing health care. 05:35 “These patients are also ready to adopt technologies.” 05:58 Looking at the digital solutions themselves. 06:16 “It’s really a call for collaboration for several stakeholders.” 06:38 “Some of the problems that we have in health care are not unique to health care.” 08:54 “These shouldn’t be secrets that we only give to certain patients when they’re hospitalized.” 11:19 Overcoming myths in health care. 12:02 “Age alone doesn’t define.” 13:46 Helping patients navigate their disease and optimizing the technology for their treatment needs. 16:38 Looking at risk stratification as essential and central. 20:10 Optimizing patient self-management. 21:46 What other organizations can learn from what Dr. Noel has done. 23:20 The need for participation from the medical community. 23:38 “How do we best engage and optimize that self-efficacy?” 26:37 Dr. Noel’s advice to vendors with digital solutions. 28:11 Understanding who makes the decision. 30:03 You can see Dr. Noel speak at the NODE.Health conference in December. Register here for the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference and get 20% off with our promo code: RELENTLESS20 You can learn more by connecting with Dr. Noel on Twitter at @DrKimNoel, or join her at the NODE.Health Digital Medicine Conference on December 9, 2019.  Check out our newest #healthcarepodcast with @DrKimNoel as she discusses #readmissions, #patientoutcomes, #telehealth, and #digitalhealthtools, just in time for the @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 conference! #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech #Medicalerrors and other #healthbarriers that lead to readmissions. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 How can we better understand the problem and start synergizing health care? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “These patients are also ready to adopt technologies.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Looking at the #digitalsolutions. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “It’s really a call for collaboration for several stakeholders.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “Some of the problems that we have in health care are not unique to health care.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “These shouldn’t be secrets that we only give to certain patients when they’re hospitalized.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Overcoming #healthcaremyths. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “Age alone doesn’t define.” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 How can we best help #patients navigate their disease? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 How can we optimize #healthtech for #patient treatment? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Optimizing #patient #selfmanagement for better #healthoutcomes. @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 “How do we best engage and optimize that self-efficacy?” @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 What should vendors with #digitalsolutions be doing right now? @DrKimNoel discusses. #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 Make sure to catch our host, Stacey, and this week’s podcast guest, @DrKimNoel, at this year’s @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 conference next month! #healthcarepodcast #readmissions #patientoutcomes #telehealth #digitalhealthtools #healthcare #podcast #digitalhealth #healthtech Make sure to catch our host, Stacey, at this year’s @DigMedEvidence #DMC19 conference next month! 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With over 120 sites, CityMD is the leading urgent care provider in the New York metropolitan area and has earned NCQA Patient-Centered Connected Care™ Recognition for all of its eligible urgent care centers in New York, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington. NCQA took a road trip to CityMD headquarters, to talk about how it coordinates […]

In this episode of the PILL podcast, we interview Dr. Chris Yost, Medical Director for Ambulatory Quality at UK HealthCare, Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, and Co-Chair of the UK HealthCare MACRA steering committee. Dr. Yost brings a unique perspective as he leads the initiatives to improve quality and value in a large academic medical center. He not only plays a key role in UK HealthCare's preparation for value-based payment and quality improvement, but he is also a practicing physician. This makes him better able to handle the key issues of physician buy-in and engagement, which are required for true organizational transformation. He also discusses the journey of leading the charge for Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition and discusses how this designation helps lay a strong foundation for the larger quality improvement infrastructure. If you need assistance with quality improvement call the Kentucky REC at 859-323-3090 or check out our website at www.kentuckyrec.com. For specific Quality Payment Program assistance, check out our online resource center at www.qppresourcecenter.org.

In this special bonus episode of The PILL Podcast, Trudi Matthews interviews two of Kentucky Regional Extension Center's subject matter experts, Robin Huffman and Kelly Fountain. These two quality experts break down the major changes to Year 3 in the Quality Payment Program. This overview will help our listeners understand the challenges they face under MACRA in 2019.

It's summertime! Parents, children and teens are enjoying the fun and sun. But we can't forget about the importance of water safety and drowning prevention. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the US. Children ages 1-4 have the highest drowning rates and theres a disparity in the rate of drowning with African-American children disproportionately impacted. On this episode, I speak with Dr. W. Steen James, a pediatrician, member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Georgia Chapter. She has a solo practice, Pediatrics Village P.C. in Peachtree Georgia. She shares information to help families stay safe this summer and beyond: Learn CPR Learn to swim (parents and children) Supervise children when in or around water Bio:Dr. Steen James was born in Newnan, GA. Graduated from Freedmans School of Nursing in Washington DC. Received a B.S. degree from Howard University in child Development. Attended Morehouse School of Medicine and received an MD degree from Emory University. Completed a residency at Emory University and also served as Chief Resident. Board certified in general Pediatrics and is a member of the National and GA chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Serves on AAP GA chapter board, represents district IX as well as serving on the chapters legislative and PCMH committees. Recipient of the National Health Scholarship and served as Pediatrician at West End Medical Center for four years. Worked for the Meridian Medical Group for eleven years, served as lead physician and was a member of the corporate management team. Completed the Physician Executive Leadership Program of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Irvine. Serves as preceptor for medical students, residents and high school students interested in medicine. Has been a guest lecturer at Emory School for Physician Assistant Program. Vice Chairman for the Community Physicians Network (CPN) at Morehouse school of Medicine. Current member of legislative committee Fayette Chamber of Commerce. Medical licensed in the state of Georgia. Solo physician and founder of Pediatrics Village, PC. 2002. The practice is NCQA PCMH certified and achieved level III recertification October 31, 2017. The practice is currently participating in the American Academy of Pediatrics Quality Improvement HPV project to be completed December 2018. Previous board member of Peachtree City Tennis Center. Former council member of Peachtree City Elementary School Council. Member of Peachtree City Christian Church. Resident of Peachtree City, GA with husband and mother of two sons. Enjoys tennis, gardening and running.Resources for parents on water safety and drowning prevention from HealthyChildren.org:Drowning Prevention for Curious Toddlers: What Parents Need to KnowSwim Lessons: When to Start & What Parents Should KnowInfant Water Safety: Protect Your New Baby from DrowningWater Safety for TeensPool Dangers and Drowning Prevention?When Its Not Swimming Time

It's summertime! Parents, children and teens are enjoying the fun and sun. But we can't forget about the importance of water safety and drowning prevention. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), drowning is a leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the US. Children ages 1-4 have the highest drowning rates and there’s a disparity in the rate of drowning with African-American children disproportionately impacted. On this episode, I speak with Dr. W. Steen James, a pediatrician, member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Georgia Chapter. She has a solo practice, Pediatrics Village P.C. in Peachtree Georgia. She shares information to help families stay safe this summer and beyond: Learn CPR Learn to swim (parents and children) Supervise children when in or around water Bio: Dr. Steen James was born in Newnan, GA. Graduated from Freedman’s School of Nursing in Washington DC. Received a B.S. degree from Howard University in child Development. Attended Morehouse School of Medicine and received an MD degree from Emory University. Completed a residency at Emory University and also served as Chief Resident. Board certified in general Pediatrics and is a member of the National and GA chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Serves on AAP GA chapter board, represents district IX as well as serving on the chapter’s legislative and PCMH committees. Recipient of the National Health Scholarship and served as Pediatrician at West End Medical Center for four years. Worked for the Meridian Medical Group for eleven years, served as lead physician and was a member of the corporate management team. Completed the Physician Executive Leadership Program of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Irvine. Serves as preceptor for medical students, residents and high school students interested in medicine. Has been a guest lecturer at Emory School for Physician Assistant Program. Vice Chairman for the Community Physician’s Network (CPN) at Morehouse school of Medicine. Current member of legislative committee Fayette Chamber of Commerce. Medical licensed in the state of Georgia. Solo physician and founder of Pediatrics Village, PC. 2002. The practice is NCQA PCMH certified and achieved level III recertification October 31, 2017. The practice is currently participating in the American Academy of Pediatrics Quality Improvement HPV project to be completed December 2018. Previous board member of Peachtree City Tennis Center. Former council member of Peachtree City Elementary School Council. Member of Peachtree City Christian Church. Resident of Peachtree City, GA with husband and mother of two sons. Enjoys tennis, gardening and running. Resources for parents on water safety and drowning prevention from HealthyChildren.org: Drowning Prevention for Curious Toddlers: What Parents Need to Know Swim Lessons: When to Start & What Parents Should Know Infant Water Safety: Protect Your New Baby from Drowning Water Safety for Teens Pool Dangers and Drowning Prevention―When It’s Not Swimming Time CDC resources to prevent drowning

How can we use tech to make healthcare better and more accessible? Dr. Nwando Olayiwola, a family physician, faculty member at UCSF, and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for RubiconMD, a leading provider of electronic consultations between primary care and specialty care providers, has spent many years thinking about that question. She joins us this week to tell us about her career in primary care, tech, and leadership. We also discuss her powerful essay, Racism in Medicine: Shifting the Power, and her research looking at various aspects of tech and care delivery. Thank you to the Harvard Center for primary care for helping to facilitate this interview. I did make a few recording snafus on this interview – so my apologies for the sub-optimal audio quality in a few sections. A little more about our guest: Dr. Nwando Olayiwola is a family physician and the inaugural Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for RubiconMD, a leading provider of electronic consultations between primary care and specialty care providers. She is also currently an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at University of California, San Francisco. She served as the Director of the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care until February 2017. In that role, she supported the Center in achieving strategic objectives around primary care transformation and systems redesign regionally, nationally and internationally. Prior to her work at UCSF, Dr. Olayiwola served as the Chief Medical Officer of the largest Federally Qualified Health Center system in Connecticut, Community Health Center, Inc. (CHCI), where she developed expertise in medical administration, translational and implementation research, professional development, systems based and quality improvement and practice transformation of twelve primary care practices into Patient-Centered Medical Homes. Her work led to CHCI being one of the first organizations in the United States to receive both the NCQA Level 3 PCMH and Joint Commission PCMH Recognitions. She has been a leader in harnessing technology to increase access to care for underserved and disenfranchised populations and is an expert in the areas of health systems reform, practice transformation, health information technology and primary care redesign. She is on the advisory board of Primary Care Progress and the Robert Graham Center for Family Medicine and Primary Care Policy. If you enjoyed the show, please give us 5 stars wherever you listen. Tweet us your thoughts @RoSpodcast and leave us a message on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/reviewofsystems. Or, you can email me at audreyATrospod.org. We’d love to hear from you, and thanks for listening.

As a relatively new and fast-growing Federally Qualified Health Center, Centerpoint Health of Ohio needed to find ways to ensure that they were properly coordinating the arrays of health services they offer, including medical, dental, pediatrics, behavioral, and OB/GYN services. With the help of eClinicalWorks, the health center has access to the analytical tools they need to ensure they are providing high-quality care and closing gaps in care — and have achieved recognition as a Patient-Centered Medical Home.

Suzanne Delbanco dials up Ann Greiner, President and CEO of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), to discuss the patient centered medical home model. Ann shares where the PCMH came from, how the concept and use has evolved over time, how the PCMH can influence health care delivery, and the evidence on PCMHs so far.

The September issue of The American Journal of Managed Care® highlighted research into social determinants of health and ways to address social determnants in the health system. In a commentary, Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP, and Rainu Kaushal, MD, MPH, both of the Weill Cornell Department of Health Policy and Research, outlined how health systems can utilize data-sharing networks to deliver targeted care to high-need, high-cost patients. In this interview, Khullar outlines the idea of precision health, challenges the industry faces when trying to share data, and what steps can be taken to implement such care. Learn more about drug prices in the United States and efforts to lower them: “Precision Health” for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2018/2018-vol24-n9/precision-health-for-highneed-highcost-patients Language Barriers and LDL-C/SBP Control Among Latinos With Diabetes: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2018/2018-vol24-n9/language-barriers-and-ldlcsbp-control-among-latinos-with-diabetes Food Insecurity, Healthcare Utilization, and High Cost: A Longitudinal Cohort Study: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2018/2018-vol24-n9/food-insecurity-healthcare-utilization-and-high-cost-a-longitudinal-cohort-study Health Literacy, Preventive Health Screening, and Medication Adherence Behaviors of Older African Americans at a PCMH: https://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2018/2018-vol24-n9/health-literacy-preventive-health-screening-and-medication-adherence-behaviors-of-older-african-americans-at-a-pcmh

In this week’s edition of our podcast, Inside Healthcare, NCQA traveled to Midlothian, Virginia, to speak to patients at Pediatric and Adolescent Health Partners, an NCQA-Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home. We sat down with Angela Ogden, a teacher and single mother of three. Angela has one biological child and two adopted children. Her two adopted children, […]

This week we’re having a conversation with Kate Hill, Vice President of Clinical Services with The Compliance Team. “Our motto is actually safety, honesty and caring.” Kate Hill, RN, is a graduate of Albert Einstein Medical Center School of Nursing in Philadelphia, PA. As an Army Nurse, Kate served in Viet Nam (27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai) where she was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. Kate has worked with orthopedic patients in several capacities including Head Nurse of Orthopedics in Newark, NJ., followed by Biomet working in various capacities. Kate joined The Compliance Team (TCT) in early 2012 to direct TCT’s rural health clinic accreditation program and has fallen in love with Rural. As VP of Clinical Services, she has spearheaded the TCT Rural Health Clinic Accreditation program combining her clinical expertise, business acumen and passion for delivery of the best care possible to every patient.  She presently serves on the Board of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics. Kate also works with clinics in TCT’s PCMH program and is ensuring that a PCMH accreditation is being increasingly rewarded by payers. Kate lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and near her three granddaughters. She’s happy to share photos anytime.

Join us as host Allison Elkow Lazicky talks with Susan Anderson about her special needs daughter Kara. Susan talks openly about the challenges they have faced with Kara's care journey and the Kindness Leaders that have supported them both at Woods Services in Bucks County, PA where Kara resides and those in their hometown of Hillsborough, NJ. As you listen, you will be inspired by Susan who is truly an advocate, a warrior, a fighter and a hero when it comes to her special needs daughter. Allison and Susan discuss congregate care, advocacy and the positive changes with the new CEO at Woods Services, Tine Hansen-Turton. They also discuss the creation of Kara's Quilts, an initiative started by some of the friends and supporters in their neighborhood. Whether or not you live in the world of people with special needs, you will want to listen to this moving and motivational podcast.

Join us as host Allison Elkow Lazicky talks with Susan Anderson about her special needs daughter Kara. Susan talks openly about the challenges they have faced with Kara's care journey and the Kindness Leaders that have supported them both at Woods Services in Bucks County, PA where Kara resides and those in their hometown of Hillsborough, NJ. As you listen, you will be inspired by Susan who is truly an advocate, a warrior, a fighter and a hero when it comes to her special needs daughter. Allison and Susan discuss congregate care, advocacy and the positive changes with the new CEO at Woods Services, Tine Hansen-Turton. They also discuss the creation of Kara's Quilts, an initiative started by some of the friends and supporters in their neighborhood. Whether or not you live in the world of people with special needs, you will want to listen to this moving and motivational podcast.

Join us as host Allison Elkow Lazicky talks with Susan Anderson about her special needs daughter Kara. Susan talks openly about the challenges they have faced with Kara's care journey and the Kindness Leaders that have supported them both at Woods Services in Bucks County, PA where Kara resides and those in their hometown of Hillsborough, NJ. As you listen, you will be inspired by Susan who is truly an advocate, a warrior, a fighter and a hero when it comes to her special needs daughter. Allison and Susan discuss congregate care, advocacy and the positive changes with the new CEO at Woods Services, Tine Hansen-Turton. They also discuss the creation of Kara's Quilts, an initiative started by some of the friends and supporters in their neighborhood. Whether or not you live in the world of people with special needs, you will want to listen to this moving and motivational podcast.

What does it mean to create a healthy population?  It means not just treating patients for their specific illnesses but taking into account their whole health – the other factors that might contribute to their particular illness – then applying that kind of care to a group of people with similar health needs.  It’s that whole-person […]

Look who stopped by to talk about the value of the Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care. Susanne Madden is founder and CEO of The Verden Group, a consulting firm founded to help practices navigate through the increasingly complex business of healthcare. Her career has spanned several sections of the healthcare industry. Prior to founding Verden, […]

Physician burnout has reached epidemic proportions in healthcare, presenting a serious challenge to achieving of the Triple Aim of better patient care and better population health at a lower cost. In this episode of Inside Healthcare, Dr. Mark H. Greenawald, Vice Chair, Academic Affairs and Professional Development, Carilion Clinic talks about the ‘4th Aim’ of health […]

Brown Clinic isn't the biggest clinic in the Midwest, but don't let size fool you. With self-trained superusers on board, this Watertown, South Dakota practice has employed the full power of eClinicalWorks to achieve PCMH recognition, take on the challenge of Chronic Care Management, and find success as a new Accountable Care Organization.

Brown Clinic isn't the biggest clinic in the Midwest, but don't let size fool you. With self-trained superusers on board, this Watertown, South Dakota practice has employed the full power of eClinicalWorks to achieve PCMH recognition, take on the challenge of Chronic Care Management, and find success as a new Accountable Care Organization.

Brown Clinic isn't the biggest clinic in the Midwest, but don't let size fool you. With self-trained superusers on board, this Watertown, South Dakota practice has employed the full power of eClinicalWorks to achieve PCMH recognition, take on the challenge of Chronic Care Management, and find success as a new Accountable Care Organization.

Brown Clinic isn't the biggest clinic in the Midwest, but don't let size fool you. With self-trained superusers on board, this Watertown, South Dakota practice has employed the full power of eClinicalWorks to achieve PCMH recognition, take on the challenge of Chronic Care Management, and find success as a new Accountable Care Organization.

Produced in collaboration with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Date: May 22, 2014 Featuring: Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP, Natural Scientist, Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School Christine A. Sinsky, MD, Medical Associates Clinic and Health Plans (Dubuque, Iowa); Director, American Board of Internal Medicine Don Goldmann, MD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Richard Baron, MD, President and CEO, American Board of Internal Medicine, ABIM Foundation The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is getting a hard look this year. In a study published in JAMA in February 2014, the largest of its kind, researchers followed 32 primary care practices certified as PCMHs over a three-year period, and were unable to find any impact on overall health care costs or patients’ utilization of health care services, including emergency departments. To put it mildly, this was not welcomed news by the health care improvement community — especially those who are looking to PCMHs as one jewel in the crown of a redesigned primary care system that offers patients more integrated, coordinated, cost-effective care. Headlines such as “Medical Homes Haven’t Saved Money or Substantially Improved Care” and “Medical Homes May Not Be The Answer” suggested just the opposite. This is not the entire story. The state of Minnesota recently issued a report on its success with PCMHs. And, where focused work is underway elsewhere, the uptake of process improvements is encouraging. But the study in JAMA has functioned as a sort of wake-up call, which many experts, including champions of PCMHs, believe is timely and beneficial. On this WIHI, we pulled together some of these experts for an intensive look at the early results and critical next steps for the patient-centered medical home.

Join Joseph Weidner, Jr. MD and Lenore Tietjens-Grillo MD from Health-Mirror, LLC and First Healthcare Compliance for a discussion of ways to disseminate multi-media patient education at point of care, pre and post visit. The post Disseminating MultiMedia Patient Education to Improve CQMs Within A PCMH appeared first on First Healthcare Compliance.

Join Joseph Weidner, Jr. MD and Lenore Tietjens-Grillo MD from Health-Mirror, LLC and First Healthcare Compliance for a discussion of ways to disseminate multi-media patient education at point of care, pre and post visit. The post Disseminating MultiMedia Patient Education to Improve CQMs Within A PCMH appeared first on First Healthcare Compliance.

Patient Centered Interviewing, setting the stage the Introduction

Boo and Cat chat about Rite Aid Seltzer Water, Guns N Roses Reunion, AC/DC, EP 60 might burn your nose, KVELERTAK at PCMH, Death-O-Lantern Remake, The Witch Files, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Blu Ray from SCREAM FACTORY, Live with Regis & Kathy Lee, Punk Documentaries, WMJD #2 coming soon, House of 1000 Corpses, Audition, Black Christmas, Cube, Funny Games, REC, 1408, Last House on the Left, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Hellions, Cherry Falls, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, On the Waterfront (1954), Ground Round, Green Room, Murder Party, Prince, Cat’s Darling Nicki Story, and a whole lot more on this episode of Munjoy Division!  CHRIS SEAVER: https://twitter.com/lbp20  DEATH-O-LANTERN: https://www.facebook.com/Death-O-Lantern-The-Remake-1698982267038385/  KYLE RANKIN: https://twitter.com/kbrankin THE WITCH FILES: https://www.facebook.com/witchfiles/  GREEN ROOM: http://greenroom-movie.com MURDER PARTY: www.murderpartymovie.com/ 

Primary care is not emphasized in the U.S. health system—the current health care model is not designed to help people with multiple chronic conditions, especially those who also have mental health problems. Dr. Kyle Bradford Jones says Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) models are the solution. Dr. Jones talks about the University of Utah’s Neurobehavior HOME Program, a type of PCMH, and how it is helping in the delivery of health care for people with chronic and complicated medical problems.

We talk with Tim Proctor about what's happening with PCMH 2014 standards, and some practical advice on what you can do now to make attestation easier.   Related Links and References (available with iOS and other podcatcher apps): pcmh.pcc.com pcpcc.org www.theverdengroup.com

Combining mental and behavioral health services with pediatric medical care is a natural fit. But there have been relatively few studies on whether or not it actually works. In this episode, we speak with Joan Asarnow, PhD, who led one of the top studies comparing more traditional care with integrated health care models. She talks about why these studies can help expand integrated care to even more patients. APA is currently seeking proposals for APA 2020, click here to learn more https://convention.apa.org/proposals

Host: Alicia A. Sutton The Patient Centered Medical Home. What is it? How do practices become PCMH-recognized? And how do PCMH models change the way medical education is crafted and delivered to clinicians? Host Alicia Sutton welcomes guests Jennifer D'alessandro and Scott Weber to explore these and other questions. Ms. D'alessandro is Assistant Director of Education at the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. Mr. Weber is CEO of MED-IQ, a leading provider of continuing medical education.

Host: Brian P. McDonough, MD, FAAFP How has the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model for primary care evolved since its inception? Speaking on this subject is Dr. William Warning, Program Director of the Crozer-Keystone Family Medicine Residency Program in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Warning is also the Faculty Chair of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians Residency Program PCMH Collaborative, the largest Family Medicine Residency collaborative in the country. He is a speaker both regionally and nationally on PCMH implementation and interprofessional team-based care.

Listen NowThe term "medical home" was first introduced in the 1960s by the pediatric profession.  Still to date this model of care emphasizes team-based comprehensive, continuous and coordinated care.   The care model is intended to improve primary care generally via improved patient communication, care quality, safety and outcomes.  In several ways the ACA encouraged the adoption of the, now termed, Primary Care Medical Home/PCMH for both the Medicaid and Medicare programs and among private health insurers.   (In some ways the PCMH is seen as a precursor for providers interested in becoming an Affordable Care Organization (ACO), i.e., taking on reimbursement risk.)  Over the past few years PCMHs have become widely adopted.  Over forty state Medicaid programs are experimenting with the model along with 90 commercial health plans and three federal initiatives. During this 23 minute discussion Dr. Nielsen discusses the PCPCC's purpose and goals, more specifically what is the PCMH model of care, the varying ways PCMH's are reimbursed, what does the research to date show regarding PCMH effectiveness and challenges in adopting this new model of care.Dr. Marci Nielsen currently serves as CEO of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), an organization dedicated to advancing an effective and efficient health system built on a foundation of primary care.  Prior to the PCPCC, Dr. Nielsen served as Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and Associate Professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine's Department of Health Policy and Management.  Dr. Nielsen was appointed by then-Governor Kathleen Sebelius as first Executive Director and Board Chair of the Kansas Health Policy Authority (KHPA).  She worked as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Bob Kerrey and later served as the health lobbyist for the AFL-CIO.  Dr. Nielsen is a board member of the American Board of Family Medicine and also a committee member for the Institute of Medicine's Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020 and Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Call for Public Health Action.  Early in her career she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand and served for six years in the US Army Reserves.  Dr. Nielsen earned her MPH at The George Washington University and her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.The PCPCC's 1/14 PCMH impact on cost and quality report can be found at: http://www.pcpcc.org/newsletter/annual-report-pcmhs-impact-cost-quality-2012-2013. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

In its quest to transform 70 to 80 percent of its physician practices to a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) over the next three years, WellPoint has adopted a "meet the practices where they are" philosophy, reports Julie Schilz, director of care delivery transformation for WellPoint. Each practice is at a different place in the transformation effort and requires specialized supports, she adds. Smoothing the transformation rollout is the simultaneous participation of 500 WellPoint practices in CMS's Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) program, whose goals dovetail with key PCMH principles --- as though WellPoint had another partner in its transformation initiative, Schilz notes. Just as important as practice support is transparency with health plan members, Schilz adds, especially when it comes to explaining the concept of the medical home neighborhood --- where care coordination is a collaboration between primary care and the specialist. Ms. Schilz shared the key features of WellPoint's transformation initiative, including results from its pilot program that have led to a system-wide rollout, during an October 24, 2013 webinar, "Aligning Value-Based Reimbursement with Physician Practice Transformation."

Despite the migration of some Pioneer ACOs to CMS's Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), expect the surge in commercial accountable care organizations to continue in 2014, predicts Steven Valentine, president, The Camden Group. In this audio interview, Valentine suggests improvements to patient handoffs, an area in which ACOs have disappointed, in Valentine's view, as well as expectations for the other much-modeled care delivery platform, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH). In both the ACO and the PCMH, Valentine anticipates specialists will be critical parts of the solution, especially when it comes to emerging payment models, quality and performance. Steven Valentine and Catherine Sreckovich, managing director, healthcare, Navigant, provided a roadmap to the key issues, challenges and opportunities for healthcare providers and payors in 2014 during an October 30, 2013 webinar, "Healthcare Trends and Forecasts in 2014: A Strategic Planning Session."

Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer from PrimaryCareProgress.com will be joining me live to discuss issues like Practice Innovation and Advocacy. Download entire episode at http://bit.ly/FMR293

Dr. Gerry Tolbert joins me to discuss the AAFP Report released this week "Primary Care for the 21st Century: Ensuring A Quality, Physician-led Team For Every Patient." Download full episode at http://bit.ly/FMR278

Friends of the Newman Library and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PCMH) present an annual Evening in the Oak Room to celebrate the affiliation of the PCMH with the Newman Library. The event examines symptoms of terror observed by psychoanalyists and law enforcement personnel in the wake of the events of September 11th. Charles Strozier, Historian, Psychoanalyst and Professor at John Jay College speaks; as does Vincent E. Henry, a former NYPD Sergeant, 9/11 rescue worker and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Pace University. Russell Merrit, chair of the library advisory committee of the Postgradute Center for Mental Health introduces the event; and Annette Leavy, Editor of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy introduces the panelists. The event marks the publication of a series of special issues of the journal Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

Friends of the Newman Library and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PCMH) present an annual Evening in the Oak Room to celebrate the affiliation of the PCMH with the Newman Library. The event examines symptoms of terror observed by psychoanalyists and law enforcement personnel in the wake of the events of September 11th. Charles Strozier, Historian, Psychoanalyst and Professor at John Jay College speaks; as does Vincent E. Henry, a former NYPD Sergeant, 9/11 rescue worker and Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology at Pace University. Russell Merrit, chair of the library advisory committee of the Postgradute Center for Mental Health introduces the event; and Annette Leavy, Editor of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy introduces the panelists. The event marks the publication of a series of special issues of the journal Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy.

Friends of the Newman Library and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PCMH) present the fifth annual Evening in the Oak Room, celebrating the affiliation of the PCMH with the Newman Library and featuring guest speaker and acclaimed author Siri Hustvedt. The relationship between psychoanalysis and literature is explored. Ona Lindquist, Chair, Community Relations, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health introduces the event and reads from her personal work involving a psychoanalyst as protagonist. Edith Gould, Training Analyst, Senior Supervsor and former editor of Psychonalysis and Psychotherapy discusses the role psychoanalysis plays in literature and film. The evening's featured speaker, Siri Hustvedt, reads from her latest novel in progress, The Sorrows of an American which features a psychoanalyst as the story's protagonist. The event took place on November 4, 2005 in Newman Library's Oak Room.

Friends of the Newman Library and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PCMH) sponsor the third annual Evening in the Oak Room to celebrate the affiliation of the PCMH with the Newman Library. The event features a reading by Danielle Ofri followed by a dialogue with the audience led by psychoanalyst and author Dale Mendell, PhD. Dr. Ofri, an attending physician at Bellevue and editor-in-chief of the Bellevue Literary Review, reads a chapter from her book Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue.

Friends of the Newman Library and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PCMH) present the fifth annual Evening in the Oak Room, celebrating the affiliation of the PCMH with the Newman Library and featuring guest speaker and acclaimed author Siri Hustvedt. The relationship between psychoanalysis and literature is explored. Ona Lindquist, Chair, Community Relations, Postgraduate Center for Mental Health introduces the event and reads from her personal work involving a psychoanalyst as protagonist. Edith Gould, Training Analyst, Senior Supervsor and former editor of Psychonalysis and Psychotherapy discusses the role psychoanalysis plays in literature and film. The evening's featured speaker, Siri Hustvedt, reads from her latest novel in progress, The Sorrows of an American which features a psychoanalyst as the story's protagonist. The event took place on November 4, 2005 in Newman Library's Oak Room.

Friends of the Newman Library and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health (PCMH) sponsor the third annual Evening in the Oak Room to celebrate the affiliation of the PCMH with the Newman Library. The event features a reading by Danielle Ofri followed by a dialogue with the audience led by psychoanalyst and author Dale Mendell, PhD. Dr. Ofri, an attending physician at Bellevue and editor-in-chief of the Bellevue Literary Review, reads a chapter from her book Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue.

HIN's fifth annual survey on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recorded the highest PCMH adoption levels to date, reports Melanie Matthews in this benchmarks podcast. A substantial number of medical homes expect to participate in an accountable care organization (ACO); Ms. Matthews also shares key metrics from the 2011 survey, including time required for medical home conversion and the PCMH effect on medication adherence and patient satisfaction. The survey also identified an impressive jump in the embedding of case managers in medical homes. Dr. Bruce Nash, senior VP of medical affairs and CMO for CDPHP, where embedded case managers are at the heart of CDPHP's clinical transformation, describes what sets his program apart from other medical home pilots.

The Kansas Patient Centered Medical Home Summit (#PCMH on twitter) took place on Sept 30 & Oct 1. The most powerful sessions were the ones with patient stories about team based care and PCMH concepts. I'll be reviewing my highlights from the mtg including audio clips from some of the patient presenters themselves. Check out FamilyMedicineRocks.com for more information. At the end of the show, I'll share some thoughts remembering Steve Jobs who passed away yesterday

In this episode, I'll be talking about the upcoming Patient Centered Medical Home Summit of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians which will be September 30 & Oct 1. In addition, I'll be talking about some of my recent blog posts including the story of an attending physician who wants to take down pics from the internet that were taken in medical school. Also, some Family Medicine and social media news from the past week. Hope you can join me!

A year into the Colorado multi-payor medical home pilot whose practices provide care to 30,000 patients, Julie Schilz, B.S.N., M.B.A., prescribes a single tool that can help transform practices, improve quality and deliver evidence-based care. It's NOT an EHR, says the manager of the Improving Performance in Practice and Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiatives for the Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative, who lists this tool's four key functionalities. Also in this interview, Schilz describes the influence of other reimbursement models on the Colorado pilot and identifies two opportunities for NCQA to enhance its PCMH recognition process. Schilz shared Colorado's experience to date in creating this multi-payor initiative --- from the development of the program to the challenges of working with multiple payors --- during the January 20, 2010 webinar, "Multi-Payor Medical Home Programs: Addressing Funding and Organizational Challenges."

Health IT is extremely important in improving an organization's communication and prevention strategies, says Ewa Matuszewski, CEO of Medical Network One. In this podcast, Matuszewski also comments on how health IT supports the joint principles of the PCMH and describes how her health IT tool of choice can be a stepping stone to further implement IT within an organization. Matuszewski, along with Dr. James Crawford, senior vice president for laboratory services and chair of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, presented case studies on the use of health IT in the medical home and its impact on care access, quality and cost during a May 28, 2009 webinar, Wiring the Medical Home: Healthcare IT to Power a Patient-Centered Model.

Implementing an EHR into your organization is not the same as implementing a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care, according to Dr. James Crawford, senior vice president for laboratory services and chair of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. To be a PCMH, the practice workflow has to change as well. In this podcast, Dr. Crawford discusses the key process change that has to accompany the adoption of health IT by a medical home as well as health IT's impacts on care coordination and findings from the PCPCC's survey of physician practices on their use of health IT in support of the medical home model. Dr. Crawford, along with Ewa Matuszewski, CEO, Medical Network One, presented case studies on the use of health IT in the medical home and its impact on care access, quality and cost during a May 28, 2009 webinar, Wiring the Medical Home: Healthcare IT to Power a Patient-Centered Model.

Nightly data mining has helped Vanderbilt University and Medical Center identify and make contact with high-risk high-volume patients, explains Dr. Dexter Shurney, which has vastly improved patient outcomes and closed care gaps. But the medical director of Vanderbilt's Employee Health and Care Plan would like to see even more data put in front of physicians at the point of care --- especially regarding certain patients with no claims history. Dr. Shurney describes these "bombs waiting to explode," as well as the impact of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care on disease management and why wellness and prevention services may be the best responses to individuals with comorbidities. Dr. Shurney, along with Dr. Ariel Linden, Dr.P.H., M.S., president of Linden Consulting Group, examined how disease management programs can continue to prove their worth and new developments in disease management that are netting results during The Strategic Ongoing Role of Disease Management in the Healthcare Continuum: Achieving the ROI.

IBM spends about $2 billion a year on healthcare for its 500,000 employees but doesn't believe it's getting its money's worth from the current system, explains George Chedraoui, healthcare leader with IBM and immediate past president of Bridges to Excellence. Chedraoui explains why IBM is banking on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) --- with its focus on disease prevention and wellness --- to deliver this value, what impact $19 billion in health IT incentives will have on physician practices, and why it will take more than technology to transform a physician practice into a medical home. Chedraoui, along with Dr. Don Liss, regional medical director for the mid-Atlantic region of Aetna, shared different viewpoints --- the healthcare payor and purchaser --- and their strategies for achieving an ROI from the medical home during, Medical Home Metrics and Measurements for Achieving ROI.

Aetna's practice of sending its providers periodic "care considerations" --- detailed clinical data that identify opportunities to improve care --- has been formalized in its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) pilot with Partners in Care (PIC), explains Dr. Don Liss, the regional medical director of Aetna's mid-Atlantic region. PIC providers' engagement with the care considerations is now a factor in the pay for performance aspect of the pilot. Dr. Liss shares some short-term indicators that demonstrate that the PCMH is working as well as the long-term view for medical home ROI, which can vary greatly for payors and providers. Dr. Liss, along with George Chedraoui, healthcare leader with IBM and immediate past president of Bridges to Excellence, shared different viewpoints --- the healthcare payor and purchaser --- and their strategies for achieving an ROI from the medical home during, Medical Home Metrics and Measurements for Achieving ROI.