Wednesday, April 16 the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative held its first major national meeting of 2008. It was an incredible success and a perfect start for the Collaborative’s series of meetings. The event drew well over 150 participants from across the country representing nearly all the viewpoints and interests of those engaged in the national discussion on health reform.

Some of the topics that were discussed include practice transformation, the patient perspective, addressing “What is the Team”, the landscape of current health reform, the public payer system, employer benefit redesign, PCMH demonstrations, technology, qualifying the PCMH, and the expansion of stakeholders.

One of the key takeaways from this meeting for many of our participants was the Employer Benefits Redesign Guideline that we are on working with the NBCH to produce. You can find the draft chapter of the guidelines attached to this week’s agenda. Please review and comment.

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.        What is the “Team”?                                                            Polaris Room, Concourse Level

Coordinating and Leading the Team

Michael Barr, MD, Vice President, Practice Advocacy and Improvement
            American College of Physicians and Center for Practice Innovation

Behavioral and Mental Health Integration

Thomas J. Kim, MD, MPH, Director of Clinical Programs, Johns Hopkins Medicine
            Interactive

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.      The Patient Perspective                                                        Polaris Room, Concourse Level

                                    What Does the PCMH Mean for Patients?

Sabrina Corlette, Director of Health Policy, The National Partnership
            for Women and Families

Letting the Patients Decide

Richard Wexler, MD, Director of Patient Support Strategies, Foundation for
            Informed Medical Decision Making

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.      The Joint Principles for the Patient-Centered Medical Home      Polaris Room, Concourse Level

John Crosby, Executive Director, American Osteopathic Association

John Tooker, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer,
            American College of Physicians

Doug Henley, MD, Executive Vice President, American Academy of Family Physicians

10:45 – 11:00 a.m.      Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.      Collaborative Project Centers                                              Polaris Room, Concourse Level

Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation

Terry McInnis, MD, MPH, Medical Director- Strategic Health Initiatives Health
            Management Innovations, GlaxoSmithKline and
            Co-Chair, Center to Promote Public Payer Implementation

Neva Kaye, Senior Program Director, National Association for State Health Policy

Joe Grundy, Director of Operations and External Affairs, Patient Centered Primary
            Care Collaborative

Center for Health Benefit Redesign and Implementation

Paul Grundy, MD, Director of Healthcare Technology and Strategic Initiatives, IBM and
            Chair, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Dennis White, Vice President, National Business Coalition on Health

Helen Darling, President, National Business Group on Health

Rohan Beesla, Director, Policy, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative

12:00  – 1:30 p.m.       Keynote Lunch Address                                                       Horizon Ballroom, Ground Level

How Do We Integrate the PCMH Into Health Reforms?

Len Nichols, Director of Health Policy Program, New America Foundation

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.          Collaborative Project Centers                                              Polaris Room, Concourse Level

Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstrations

Carole Redding Flamm, MD, MPH, Executive Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield
            Association, Co-Chair

Julie Schilz, BSN, IPIP Manager, Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative,
            Co-Chair, Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstrations

Rohan Beesla, Director of Policy, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Center for eHealth Information Exchange and Adoption

John Agwunobi, Senior Vice President and President for the Professional Services
            Division, Wal-Mart and
            Co-Chair, Center for eHealth Information Exchange and Adoption

David Nace, Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, McKesson Health Solutions and       Co-Chair, Center for eHealth Information Exchange and Adoption

Chris Nohrden, MPH, Project Manager, Patient-Centered Primary Care Initiative, IBM
            Healthcare & Life Sciences

Joe Grundy, Director of Operations and External Affairs, Patient Centered Primary Care             Collaborative

2:30 – 3:00 p.m.          Qualifying the Medical Home: What Needs To Be Done?  Polaris Room, Concourse Level

                                    Practice Level Evaluation

                                    Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President, National Committee for
            Quality Assurance

                                    Evaluating Large Scale Implementation

Leslie Abram, Quality Compliance Specialist, Colorado Department of Health Care
            Policy and Financing 

3:00 p.m.                     Adjournment

Notes to Participants

1. Water and coffee service will be available throughout the meeting in the Polaris Foyer.
2. Please be aware that the sessions are being recorded for posting to the PCPCC web site: www.pcpcc.net.
3. Restrooms are located outside of the Polaris Foyer and across the hallway.
4. The Keynote Lunch Address will be held in the Horizon Ballroom on the ground level; one level above the concourse. You may take the elevators outside of the Polaris Foyer to the ground level and turn left to the Horizon Ballroom. If you would to walk up the stairs, exit the Polaris Foyer and turn right in to the concourse, pass first set of stairs and the Amphitheatre and take the stairs on the right to the ground level, turn right to the Horizon Ballroom. We have posted directional signs and staff to assist you.
5. Please take your valuables with you when you leave the room.