CMS's Baron, AHRQ's Clancy to Keynote Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative 5th Annual Summit in Washington, DC

Oct. 21, 2011 Summit panelists will address medical home outcomes, accountable care relationships, workforce issues, team-based care and behavioral health integration

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act directed attention from the health care industry to activity at the federal level geared to reward more accountable, patient-centered care. Two keynote speakers at the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative's 5th Annual Summit will focus on aspects of the medical home that drive quality outcomes and care delivery--elements of health care transformation designed to improve health for patients, enhance population health, and rein in costs. The Summit will be held Oct. 21, 1011 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center.

The PCPCC is a coalition of more than 800 organizations representing the nation's business leaders, consumers, primary care physicians and other health care stakeholders with the shared goal of advancing adoption of the patient centered medical home (PCMH). The Annual Summit is an opportunity to engage high-level national leadership and convene the membership around the ideas and practices to expand PCMH implementation nationwide. The theme for the meeting, "Five Years Making Healthy Connections: Collaborating to improve care in the PCMH," applies both to the team-based care approach that is part of the PCMH model, as well as the stakeholder collaboration essential to the rise and expansion of the medical home as a central tenet for health care transformation.

Care coordination and an emphasis on smooth care transitions for the most vulnerable patients will be the focus of the first keynote, "Innovations in Seamless Care: Connecting the dots in patient-centered models." Speaker Richard Baron, M.D., is director of the Seamless Care Models Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to joining CMS, Baron practiced internal medicine in Philadelphia at Greenhouse Internists, a pioneer in the comprehensive adoption of electronic health records in a small medical practice and a current participant in a medical home pilot project.  

The afternoon keynote, "Primary care as the foundation for new models of accountable, coordinated care: An evolution," will be delivered by Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality since 2003. Prior to her appointment, Clancy was director of AHRQ's Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and was elected a master of the American College of Physicians in 2004. In 2009, she was awarded the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research.

"Value-driving elements of the medical home, including care coordination and improved access to services, supported by health information technology and payment to reward quality, are at the heart of what the administration and the health care industry are driving towards to improve care delivery," said Amy Gibson, PCPCC chief operating officer. "Accountable care organizations and other advance primary care models find a foundation in the patient centered medical home with its collaborative approach, emphasis on coordination and patient-centered quality outcomes."

Other conference speakers include:

• John Crosby, JD, chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative; executive director, American Osteopathic Association
• Paul Grundy, M.D., M.P.H, president, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative; global director of healthcare transformation, IBM
• David K. Nace, M.D., vice president, medical director, McKesson Corporation/Relay Health
• Terry McInnis, M.D., MPH, president, Blue Thorn Inc.
• Susan Edgman-Levitan, executive director, The Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Joanne Pohl, Ph.D., ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing
• Nancy Ford, director of regional clinics, Dean Health System
• Renee M. Turchi, M.D., MPH, FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics and public health, Drexel University School of Public Health and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
• Col. George D. Patrin, pediatrician, special project officer for patient family centered healthcare, U.S. Army Northern Regional Medical Command
• David Hanekom, M.D., vice president of medical management and chief medical officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
• Marjie Harbrecht, M.D., CEO, Health TeamWorks
• Melinda Abrams, MS, vice president of patient-centered coordinated care, The Commonwealth Fund
• Duane Putnam, national director, employers--coalitions, organizations and associations, Pfizer Inc.
• Dana Safran, Sc.D., senior vice president, performance measurement and improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Emma Hoo, director, Pacific Business Group on Health
• Jay Sultan, associate vice president, product manager for value-based reimbursement, The TriZetto Group
• Cynthia Belar, Ph.D., ABPP, executive director, education directorate, American Psychological Association
• Lucinda Maine, executive vice president and CEO, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• Elizabeth "Libby" Baxley, M.D., professor and chair of department of family and preventive medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
• Barbara A. Cubic, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School
• Norman B. Anderson, Ph.D., CEO, American Psychological Association
• Rodger Kessler, Ph.D., ABPP, assistant professor, department of family medicine, fellow, James Jeffords Center for Health Policy, University of Vermont College of Medicine
• Russell Glasgow, Ph.D., deputy director of implementation science, National Cancer Institute's division of cancer control and population sciences
• Susan McDaniel, Ph.D., Dr. Laurie Sands distinguished professor of families and health; director, Institute for the Family; Department of Psychiatry associate chair, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center

For a complete agenda or to register for the PCPCC Annual Summit, go to http://pcpcc.net/event/summit/10-21-2011/registration.

The PCPCC promotes and advocates the medical home in order to provide better outcomes for patients, more efficient payment to physicians and better value, and accountability and transparency to purchasers and consumers. Studies of the PCMH model show that it improves patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. It also lowers health care costs by improving care coordination and communication between primary care physicians and their patients.

About the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative is a coalition of more than 800 major employers, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians, and other stakeholders who have joined to advance the patient centered medical home. The Collaborative believes that, if implemented, the patient centered medical home will improve the health of patients and the health care delivery system. For more information on the patient centered medical home and a complete list of the PCPCC members, please visit http://www.pcpcc.net/.

SOURCE Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

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