Web Cast Invite

Medical Home Pilots: Washington State Plan for Implementation

Thursday, August 5 |3:30 - 4:30 pm

With federal health care reform, there has been a lot of discussion about increased primary care and the notion of medical homes.  Washington State has been promoting medical homes and will soon institute a pilot project.  The goal is to determine if there are improved outcomes and savings in hospital care from better primary care.  The Washington State Health Care Authority, the state Department of Social and Health Services, and the Puget Sound Health Alliance have been working with private payers in the state to develop a Multi-payer Medical Home Reimbursement Pilot.  The state plans to launch the pilots in January 2011, and applications are due by September 3, 2010.  The pilots are designed to reward practices for reducing preventable emergency room and hospital admissions and to enhance primary care.

The web cast will cover the following:

• Overview of medical homes;
• The multi-payer medical home pilot – how to participate and the payment models; and
• Answer questions about the feasibility of participating in the pilot.

Speakers for the web cast include WSHA staff, along with Richard Onizuka, Ph.D of the Health Care Authority and Reena Koshy, M.D., MPH, Project Coordinator for the Multi-payer Medical Home Pilot Project at the Puget Sound Health Alliance.

The web cast may be of interest to CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and medical directors.  Hospitals employing primary care providers may be especially interested.   Feel free to invite others from your hospital and clinics to participate.  Participation in the web cast is free.  All you need is a computer with an Internet connection and a telephone. 

We hope you can join us!

Registration is not required. For technical questions please contact Jessica Burkard at JessicaB@wsha.org