CCNC Update: June 2012
In the News
Pediatric ACO wins $9 million “Innovations” grant from CMS. US DHHS has announced that CCNC is among 81 new recipients of Health Care Innovation Awards from CMS. CCNC and a coalition of North Carolina hospitals will provide care coordination through embedded specialty care managers in the offices of specialists and through "parent navigators" working with patients in their homes. The program will serve 50,000 Medicaid and CHIP children with chronic diseases with the aim of reducing avoidable emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and pharmacy costs, while improving access to care and quality of life for the children served.
The broad coalition of North Carolina hospitals includes academic medical centers at Carolinas Medical Center-Charlotte, Duke University Health System, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Vidant Medical Center-East Carolina, and Wake Forest Baptist Health, and the children’s units at Cape Fear Valley Health, Cone Health, Mission Hospital, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Presbyterian Healthcare, and WakeMed Hospitals. For more information see the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation site.
Pregnancy Medical Home program profiled. CCNC’s Pregnancy Medical Home program was recently profiled in the North Carolina Health News, an online health publication. Congrats to PMH and on this report and its first year of operation.
Publications
North Carolina Medical Journal discusses behavioral care. Don’t miss an article co-authored by CCNC’s Mike Lancaster, MD, in the May 2012 issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal that chronicles efforts to integrate behavioral and primary care in North Carolina. The article is available on the NCMJ site.
Other News
Barrington graduates from REDI. Congrats to Community Care of the Lower Cape Fear’s Randy Barrington on his graduation from NC Rural Economic Development Institute. Randy, a Quality improvement Coordinator for CCLCF, took part in the intensive, three-month training program designed to improve participants' leadership skills and impart strategies to put those new skills into action. For more information, please see the news release from the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center.
Primary Care Physicians: Feedback needed on PCMH and Meaningful Use. CCNC, in cooperation with the NC Medical Society, the NC Academy of Family Physicians, the NC Pediatric Society, the NC Chapter, American College of Physicians, and the NC Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, is seeking feedback from primary care physicians in North Carolina regarding technical assistance available for Meaningful Use and Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. Please go here to complete this brief survey so that we can evaluate your needs and experience. The closing date to provide your feedback is July 6, 2012.