9/30/10: Building Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs): A Conversation with Carilion Clinic's Dr. Edward Murphy - WebinarSince the passage of the Affordable Care Act, there has been significant buzz about the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs), or a group of provider organizations that are accountable for cost and quality of patient care. Pioneering work on ACOs is underway given the efforts of the Brookings-Dartmouth ACO Learning Network, several private insurers, and even individual states. These efforts will inform guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on its Medicare Shared Savings program this fall.
Dr. Edward Murphy is viewed as one of the nation’s pioneers in creating an ACO. On this webinar, Dr. Murphy described the challenges, best practices and lessons learned in creating an accountable care organization. Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, is an integrated delivery system that includes eight hospitals and 525 employed physicians (as well as 75 affiliated physicians), undergraduate and graduate medical education, and home care operations. Carilion converted from a hospital-centric health care organization to a multispecialty, patient-centered clinic in 2006. Like many safety net health systems, Carilion’s drive to accountable care included a focus on: Improved population management; Increased physician leadership and accountability for quality, patient satisfaction, and efficiency of operations; and Increased primary care capacity.
Edward G. Murphy, MD, President and CEO, Carilion Clinic, VA
9/23/10: State Health Insurance Exchanges & OCIIO's Call for Comments - WebinarIn August, the Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) published a notice seeking comments to aid OCIIO in the development of standards for establishing and operating state health insurance exchanges. This call gave members an opportunity to discuss issues that impact the safety net and weigh in on the implementation of these exchanges.
The presentation(PPT) and supplement(PDF) to the presentation are linked above.
Barbara Eyman & Charles Luband - Ropes & Gray, LLP
9/15/10: Safety Net Hospital Systems: Evolving Relationships with Commercial Health Plans Post Health Reform, A Conversation with Noah Rosenberg, Esq of Rosenberg & Kaplan, LLC - Conference CallAs the health reform landscape shifts, safety net health systems recognize that effective economic relationships with commercial health plans are key. Many safety net health systems patients will qualify for subsidized health insurance via state exchanges and qualified health plans. Additionally, intense pressure on Medicaid and Medicare cost containment will continue post reform given the federal fiscal deficit and strained state budgets.
On this conference call, Noah Rosenberg who has worked on behalf of physician groups and hospital systems with commercial health plans for over 25 years, addressed the changing health plan market and implications for safety net providers.
Noah D. Rosenberg, Esq., Partner, Rosenberg & Kaplan, LLC
- 6/3/10: Project RED Program Follow-up - Webinar
Dr. Nadzam provided an overview of JCR’s plans for working with organizations who want to engage in reducing their readmissions with the use of Project RED. At the end of the call, organizations that were interested in participating with JCR on this topic, were able to provide their contact information to Dr. Nadzam who arranged for the next steps.
Deborah M. Nadzam, PhD, Project Director of AHRQ/JCR grant for Project RED
- 6/3/10: Project RED: Invitation to Participate in the Program
- 6/3/10: Project RED: Application to Participate in the Program
- 5/19/10: 2010 Fellows Program Class Orientation Webinar
This webinar was the first call for the incoming fellows class for the 2010 Fellows Program. The webinar provided an overview of program goals, first session objectives, a brief overview of NAPH, and answered questions about session one logistics.
Peter Lazes | Cornell University
Betsy Carrier | NAPH
Josel Bernardo Fritz | NAPH
- 5/18/10: Introduction to the NAPH-HRET/AHRQ Partnership and Next Steps for NAPH Members - Webinar
This webinar provided an overview of the partnership between NAPH and HRET- AHRQ. Staff from HRET described three of the programs identified as priorities by members (Door to Doc, Inpatient Quality and Safety Indicators, and Avoidable Readmissions/Project RED). The group determined next steps for these 3 programs and identified the next set of priority topics.
Steve Hines, PhD
Vice President, Research
Health Research and Educational Trust
David Schulke
Vice President, Research Programs
Health Research and Educational Trust
- 3/19/2010: Managing Physician Burden of Care - Webinar
Dr. Allison Sabel describes the standards developed by The Joint Commission required to document physician competency, also known as Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) standards. Dr. Sabel shares the processes developed by Denver Health to meet the TJC expectations through electronic resources thereby minimizing chart biopsies and provides examples of the quality indicators chosen by specific clinical services.
Allison Sabel, MD, PhD, MPH, Director of Biostatistics and Clinical Data Warehousing, Denver Health
- 2/17/10 - With or Without Reform: NAPH and the Federal Agenda
The goal of the new series of quality conference calls/webinars is to provide NAPH members with the latest information on national quality and patient safety activities, research and opportunities for members; to provide NAPH with feedback on important quality topics and to enhance member to member communication, especially among quality and patient safety improvement staff. For this call, NAPH President Larry Gage gives perspective on health reform and the federal agenda.
- 1/20/10 - Maximizing the 340B Drug Discount Program: A Webinar for Finance Executives in 340B Hospitals
Safety Net Hospitals for Pharmaceutical Access (SNHPA) and the National Association of Public Hospital and Health Systems (NAPH) hosted a complimentary webinar for CFOs and other finance executives to learn more about maximizing cost-savings through the 340B drug discount program.
Speakers: Bill von Oehsen, President and General Counsel, SNHPA
Petra Fippen, Manager of Pharmacy Inventory, Contracting and Patient Assistance Programs, Wishard Health Services