Pathways to Excellence


PTE Overview

The Business Case

What Does PTE Measure?

Practice Spotlight: Fish River Rural Health  

Physician Steering Committee

Systems Steering Committee

Advanced Primary Care

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"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

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1.  General Program Updates

     a.  What's new in 2012
     b.  Frequently Asked Questions for overall PTE Physicians Program 2012
     c.  2012 Policies and Procedures
     d.  NCQA and BTE comparison

2.  Practice Update Form - used to communicate to MHMC any changes in address, phone number and health care providers currently working with a practice.

3.  Office System Survey (OSS) - 3 options - please see FAQs for more information
     a.  NCQA Physician Practice Connections or Patient Centered Medical Home
     b.  Bridges To Excellence recognition if successfully submitting clinical outcomes with a certified
          EMR
     c.  Attainment of Meaningful Use
   
4.  Clinical Outcomes - Adult
(PTE recommends practices submit as a group rather than as individual clinicians)
     a.  Submitting through Bridges To Excellence: www.hci3.org/recognition_programs
     b.  Submitting through NCQA: http://www.ncqa.org/tabid/58/Default.aspx

5.  Clinical Outcomes - Pediatric
     a.  2011 Pediatric Immunizations and Asthma Definitions and Scoring Criteria

6.  Advanced Primary Care
     a.  Advanced Primary Care Overview
     b.  AIM Statement

7.  PTE Specialty Programs
     a.  Orthopedics
          i.  PDF copy of PTE Orthopedic Survey for information only
         ii.  Orthopedic Online Survey for practices to complete: 
             http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PTE_Orthopedic_Quality_Reporting
     b.  Cardiology
         i.  PDF copy of PTE Cardiology Survey for information only
        ii.  Cardiology Online Survey for practices to complete:
             http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6H3SK6M