There is an "All Partners" meeting scheduled for September 27 from noon to 4 pm at the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, New York. This is an opportunity to network with partners and hear about the state of the Performing Provider System (PPS). Please be on the lookout for more information on this meeting. Please note the September 27 date is a change from one sent out in a previous newsletter.

 

2016 All Partner Meeting Schedule:

September 27 (CHANGE FROM ORIGINAL DATE!)

December 9

 

Per partner feedback, meetings have been changed from 10 am to 2 pm to 12 pm to 4pm.  We would ask that if you RSVP "yes" to the meeting and are not able to attend, you either send a delegate in your place or notify our office in advance.  We would like to be prudent stewards of DSRIP resources and as we are charged for all ordered meals, it is important that we have accurate headcounts for these events.  Thank you in advance for your participation!

As part of the submission process for the DSRIP Year 2 first quarter (DY2Q1) report, all PPS's were required to submit project-level narratives, as well as a PPS level executive summary on progress to date and well as any identified implementation risks.  This "Midpoint Assessment" will be evaluated by the Independent Assessor to understand how this work is progressing on a state-wide level.  An additional component of this assessment will include an e-mail survey by the state to PPS providers.  If you are contacted via this survey process and are not sure how to respond, please contact our PPS Lead Agency office at 607-547-7707.

In support of DSRIP Goals, Little Falls Hospital has partnered with performance improvement experts to participate in a "MAX" Series improvement effort focused on ED usage.  "MAX" is short for "Medicaid Accelerated Exchange":  these efforts are intended to use data to identify improvement opportunities and then utilize rapid cycle improvement tools such as PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) to pilot tests of change. 

As part of this work, Little Falls has focused on its Emergency Department "super utilizer" population - those patients who present multiple times in a short time period.  This patient group is analyzed to understand what interventions might help these patients receive appropriate care before they have to resort to ED usage.  So far, this work has resulted in the identification of the need to include community-based navigation resources in the Emergency Department, as well as ensuring patients are established with local primary care providers.

LCHP's next steps in this area include a plan to obtain funding to increase navigator resources, collaborating with other PPS hospitals to begin addressing their own super utilizer populations.  Two other network hospitals are already initiating a MAX-like program into their emergency department population, focused on asthma patients.

 

Bassett Medical Center, lead agency for LCHP, was recently awarded a HRSA grant for chronic disease managemen t. The chronic disease self-management group sessions that will be held for high-risk patients with chronic conditions is designed to improve clinical outcomes. The grant complements the work being accomplished through DSRIP initiatives, including PCMH. Health coaches and diabetic educators will lead this work, corresponding well with the PPS' commitment to address emerging workforce needs in the outpatient setting.