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October 12, 2017

October 12, 2017

Report: Providers engaging in practice transformation across state

An interim report on the Practice Transformation Support Hub describes the many ways that this Healthier Washington initiative is charting the course for change in the health sector.

Highlights from the report:

• In the first half of 2017, Hub Connectors made 819 contacts and connections in all regional service areas across Washington.

• The Hub’s Connector/Coaches surpassed their first six-month goal of enrolling 75 practices in the Practice Transformation Support Hub. By June they had engaged 51 behavioral health organizations, 43 primary care practices, two substance use disorder clinics and two combined behavioral health and primary care services for a total of 106 participating organizations.

• The Resource Portal continues to expand its resources and tools. Since the launch of the first version in February, 141 resources have been added to the Portal. The Portal will launch its 2.0 version in the fall of 2017.

Read Charting the Course for Change: An Interim Report of the Healthier Washington Practice Transformation Support Hub

Conference October 26 for providers focuses on achieving whole-person care

A Regional Learning Conference is set for October 26, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Best Western Plus Lake Front Hotel in Moses Lake.

Steering Toward Success: Achieving Value in Whole-Person Care will help primary care practices, behavioral health agencies, providers, and stakeholders prepare for the transition to whole-person care. Discussions will include best practices, strategies and the latest information on practice transformation—including value-based care, and physical and behavioral health integration—from some of the state’s leading experts. 

Find out more about the conference

Webinar to deliver value-based toolkit for primary care

A two-part webinar in November will explain alternative payment models (APMs) and identify which patient populations, services, and approaches to chronic condition management boost revenue and financial success in MIPs, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and commercial insurance contracts. 

The November 1  webinar explains a path to success , and the November 8 webinar describes how to choose what will work best for your practice. The Toolkit that accompanies the webinars includes dozens of examples, tools, templates and explanations to optimize your practice’s performance on APMs, or increase your revenue on contracts with traditional payment methods, without compromising performance on APMs. 

Register for the webinar. 

The project described was supported by Funding Opportunity Number CMS-1G1-14-001 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The contents provided are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS or any of its agencies.