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 [...]
What We Discussed: CM Competency A (Selecting Patients for Care Management) CM Competency B (Care Plans) Steps for updating clinicians in the NCQA directory Resources and videos on navigating the Q-PASS system Link for NEW NCQA on-demand videos with overview of 2017 Concepts, Competencies and Criteria. You will need to register before viewing. Review of [...]
What We Discussed: 1. PCMH 2017 Concept: Knowledge Management and Practice Organization (KM) - KM Competency A 2. Brief overview of 2017 maintenance/sustaining PCMH process 2. Questions and Answers from Health Center Participants (listed below) Slides Recording Questions and Answers from the [...]
In this post we provide an update on the PCMH 2017 Annual Reporting (Sustaining) process and the ability to renew in Q-PASS under the new annual reporting requirements. NCQA has updated the new Q-PASS system. The system is now ready for you to enroll those sites that are PCMH 2014 Level 3 and expiring in [...]