What We Discussed: A Five-Pronged Strategy for Making the Value Case for PCMH Development: Engage the organization in PCMH development Identify key stakeholders in PCMH Define key value requirements for PCMH Develop PCMH capabilities with value in mind Collaborate to gain buy-in for PCMH Slides [...]
What We Discussed: Annual Reporting Requirements document (PDF) from NCQA that is linked on this page NCQA released a 14 minute video that provides an overview of the annual reporting requirements as listed in the PDF. It is essentially a different audio/visual way of presenting the PDF requirements. Recording Annual Reporting Requirements [...]
What We Discussed: Be Strategic Start with Leadership Support Convene a PCMH Team PCMH On-Boarding Hold Weekly Meetings Use a Standard Set of Questions Use Positive Leadership Principles Use Tools to Enable Team Problem Solving - See the tools at right Celebrate the Action and the Learning! Support Continuous Learning and Development [...]
What We Discussed: Documentation and PCMH Recognition Types of Evidence Developing your Policies and Procedures Description of Evidence of Implementation Steps for Documentation Review Resources for Documentation Slides Recording Promising Practice shared during the webinar: One CHC tracks implementation, changes, and responsibilities associated [...]
What We Discussed: Designing a PCMH development plan. There are seven suggested steps: Convene PCMH development TEAM Schedule regular PCMH development TEAM meetings Determine goals for PCMH development Complete a Readiness Assessment and identify gaps in PCMH core capabilities Action Planning - Identify a Pathway to PCMH Implementation Develop a workplan and timeline to [...]
It can be overwhelming starting the PCMH recognition journey - figuring out which of the 60 elective criteria you will "go for" in your application to NCQA. To help streamline the process, Community Health Solutions evaluated all criteria in the NCQA PCMH 2017 Standards & Guidelines. We then considered which elective criteria may be [...]
There are 40 core/required criteria in the NCQA PCMH 2017 Standards and Guidelines. Based on our knowledge of implementation considerations for these criteria, we recommend a priority list pathway (click image to view) . This is not meant to be prescriptive but is one approach for practices to use as they work through [...]
What We Discussed: CC Competency C (Care Transitions) Review of CHCLeadership.com PCMH Resources Questions and Answers Comment: Make sure to show any documentation with patient identifiers (even if PHI has been removed and the document de-identified) on the virtual check-ins with NCQA. NCQA will not accept any documentation through Q-PASS if the [...]
What We Discussed: CC Competency A (Lab and Imaging Test Management) CC Competency B (Referral Management) Review of CHCLeadership.com PCMH Resources Questions and Answers Slides Recording Questions and Answers from the Webinar Question 1. Does the practice have to demonstrate co-management arrangements [...]
Organizations who submitted a multi-site application under the 2014 guidelines would have received Corporate Survey Tool credits. These credits were applied across all practice sites pursuing recognition at that time. If your health center now plans to add additional sites and would like to pursue 2017 new recognition for one or more sites within [...]