The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), a coalition representing business leaders, policymakers and the nation's 330,000 primary care physicians, will announce their intent to promote new voluntary criteria for recognition of physician practices to be designated as a patient-centered medical home on Wednesday, November 7 at a national health care summit in Washington, DC. The patient-centered medical home model is aimed at re-centering health care on the patient's needs and priorities by providing personalized primary and preventive care.

The one-day summit will feature expert speakers, including business leaders, policymakers and health officials advocating for the nation to adopt the patient-centered medical home model.

WHAT:

* Announcement of intent to use new NCQA criteria for designation of a patient-centered medical home.

WHO:

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

* David C. Dale, MD, FACP, President, American College of Physicians

* James D. King, MD, FAAFP, President, American Academy of Family Physicians

* Paul Martin, DO, Member, Bureau on Federal Health Programs, American Osteopathic Association

* Vera (Fan) Tait, MD, FAAP, Associate Executive Director, American Academy of Pediatrics

* Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

* Representative Patrick Kennedy, D-RI

WHERE:

* Columbus Club at Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, DC

WHEN:

* Wednesday, November 7, 2007 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm

* The new medical home criteria will be discussed from 11:15 am -- 12:00 pm

The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative is a coalition of more than 40 major employers, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians, and other stakeholders who have joined together to advance the patient-centered medical home model. For more information, please visit patientcenteredprimarycare/.

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8:00 -- 8:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast Buffet

8:30 -- 8:45am Collaborative Leaders

Conference Overview
Edwina Rogers, Executive Director, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative; Vice President, Health Policy, The ERISA Industry Committee

Welcoming Commentary
Paul Grundy, MD, Chairman, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative; Director of Healthcare Technology and Strategic Initiatives, IBM
David C. Dale, MD, President, American College of Physicians
Paul Martin, DO, Member, Bureau on Federal Health Programs, American Osteopathic Association
James D. King, MD, FAAFP, President, American Academy of Family Physicians
Vera (Fan) Tait, MD, FAAP, Associate Executive Director, American Academy of Pediatrics

8:45 -- 9:30am Keynote Speaker
Real Change Requires Real Change: Transforming Health and Health Care in America
Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation and former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

9:30 -- 10:15am What Is The Medical Home?
Defining The Medical Home Robert B. Doherty, Senior Vice President, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy, American College of Physicians

Reception to Medical Home concept
Mark Mellman, President and CEO, The Mellman Group

10:15 -- 10:30am Morning Break

10:30 -- 11:15am Evidence For The Medical Home

Overwhelming Evidence
Douglas E. Henley, MD, FAAFP, Executive Vice President, American Academy of Family Physicians

Closing The Divide
Anne Beal, Assistant Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund

Making Patient Centered Care Real: Tools For Primary Care
Michael Barry, MD, Chief, General Medicine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital; Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard University; Medical Editor, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

11:15am -- Qualifying The Medical Home / Recognition Process 12:00pm
Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
David C. Dale, MD, President, American College of Physicians
James D. King, MD, FAAFP, President, American Academy of Family Physicians
Paul Martin, DO, Member, Bureau on Federal Health Programs, American Osteopathic Association
Paul Grundy, MD, Chairman, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative; Director of Healthcare Technology and Strategic Initiatives, IBM
Samuel Nussbaum, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint
Vera (Fan) Tait, MD, FAAP, Associate Executive Director, American Academy of Pediatrics

12:00 -- 1:15pm Keynote Speaker and Working Lunch
Congressman Patrick Kennedy, (D-RI)

1:15 -- 2:00pm Implementing the Medical Home and Payment Reform

Overview Of Payment Model
Rosi Sweeney, Vice President for Public Policy and Practice Support, American Academy of Family Physician

Transforming Practices
Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, FAAFP, President and Chief Executive Officer, TransforMED
Michael Barr, MD, Vice President, Practice Advocacy and Improvement, American College of Physicians and Center for Practice Innovation

The Employer Perspective
Joseph M. Calomo, MBA, Pharm. D., R.Ph., Director of Strategy, Walgreens Health Initiatives, Walgreens
Glenn Stettin, Senior Vice President, Medco
Chris Ross, Chief Information Officer, MinuteClinic

2:00 -- 2:45pm Private Sector Medical Home Advancement

All Payer / All Player Pilot
Paul Grundy, MD, Chairman, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative; Director of Healthcare Technology and Strategic Initiatives, IBM

What Is Happening Now?
Carol Flamm, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Dawn Bazarko, RN, MPH, Executive Lead, Primary Care / ER Line of Service, UnitedHealthcare

Commonwealth Fund's National Safety Net Pilot
Melinda Abrams, Senior Program Officer, The Commonwealth Fund

2:45 -- 3:30pm Public Sector Medical Home Advancement

Medicare Pilots And Demonstration Projects
Linda Magno, Director of the Medicare Demonstration Program Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Medicaid and SCHIP: The North Carolina Example
Allen Dobson, MD, Former Assistant Secretary and Medicaid Director, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

3:30pm Adjourn

Source: Joe Wagner
American College of Physicians

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