"Practices that filed PTE reports had higher scores on each of six quality indicators than those that did not file, and the difference was statistically significant."
-The Muskie School of Public Service
Advanced Primary Care
The Maine Health Management Coalition’s Pathways to Excellence
initiative has a new “Advanced Primary Care” recognition program
designed to recognize those practices moving towards becoming patient
centered medical homes. (www.mainequalitycounts.org ) Two components are currently being reported on the MHMC website (www.getbettermaine.org ),
and 5 more are being offered in 2011-13. The initial public reporting
of these new components will be for participation, with eventual public
reporting of results of care. The components and timetable are:
Components
Criteria
Office System Survey
Level 1 or higher on NCQA PPC-Patient Centered Medical Home or
Level 2 on NCQA PPC or Bridges to Excellence
Clinical Quality Outcomes
Level 2 (better) on two or more outcomes
Patient Experience
Currently measuring patient experience using validated instrument and rigorous process OR
Patient-Family Advisory Group per Patient Centered Medical Home criteria
Cost of Care
Signed AIM statement for working on cost of care based on MHMC cost of care reports or equivalent
Behavioral Health Integration
Scores level 2 or higher on behavioral health integration survey AND
Administers PHQ-2/9 annualy with≥50% of high risk population
Informed Referrals
To be developed
Access to Care
To be developed
Timetable
Data Collection Beginning
Reporting Participation
Reporting Results
Office System Survey
Ongoing
Currently being reported
Clinical Qualty Outcomes
Ongoing
Currently being reported
Cost of Care
October 2011
December 2011
December 2012
Patient Experience
January 2012
April 2012
December 2012
Behavioral Health Integration
January 2012
April 2012
December 2012
Informed Referrals
To be developed April 2012
To be developed July 2012
To be developed April 2013
Access to Care
To be developed April 2012
To be developed July 2012
To be developed April 2013
Download the full Advance Primary Care report HERE
