Mount Sinai Health Partners
Clinically Integrated Network Newsletter
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Each month, we will feature at least one member from our senior leadership team to talk to you about a range of topics including policy and health care news to updates about clinical programs. E-mail us at
mshp@mountsinai.org
if you are interested in hearing about a specific topic.
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Dr. Stella Safo, Senior Medical Director of Clinical Transformation, Population Health, joins Dr. Robert Fields, Chief Medical Officer, in the latest episode of the Mount Sinai Health Partners podcast to discuss transforming primary care for population health. Motivated by the connection between social justice and primary care, Dr. Safo’s work addresses the question of how to survive in primary care in a way that’s sustainable. She and Dr. Fields discuss some of the stresses of primary care, goals of clinical transformation, and physician burnout. She also shares her vision on the art of medicine.
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3rd International Prostate Cancer and Urologic Oncology Symposium
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Please join the Department of Urology
December 13-15, 2018 at The Mount Sinai Hospital for the 3rd International Prostate Cancer and Urologic Oncology Symposium. This year will be the most innovative program yet, with over 100 world-renowned experts who will provide in-depth training on cutting-edge medical advanced and ground-breaking treatment approaches for prostate, kidney, bladder, and renal cell cancers. The Icahn School of Medicine and Mount Sinai designates this live activity for a maximum of 26.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ and is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Learn more here or
click here to register online.
Mount Sinai employees are eligible to attend for
free. Enter the code
MSHS18 at checkout after selecting "MSHS Employees - $100.00" as the registration type.
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Fulfill Your 2018 CIN Requirements Today
You may have heard from your department/division leadership regarding your outstanding requirements. To fulfill the mandatory 2018 Clinical Integration Program Requirements, you may need to a complete a few videos or PowerPoint modules on Mount Sinai’s Clinical Integration Learning Center (CILC), which is available through
PEAK
, Mount Sinai’s education portal. Below are the 2018 requirements:
- Care Coordination (First year providers only): Sign MSHP PCP-specialist compact describing a framework for better communication and safe transition of care between primary care and specialty providers. Please access the MSHP Care Compact Attestation via the Clinical Integration Learning Center, which is available from PEAK.
- Program Engagement (First year providers only): Providers must complete the following tasks: View on CILC through PEAK and attest completion for the following courses on the Clinical Integration Learning Center: Clinical Integration 101, Clinical Integration 201, and Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement (CDQI).
- Program Education (Primary Care Physicians only): Attend your quarterly on-site population health meetings.
- Privacy Training: Complete the Mount Sinai Health Partners online 2018 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy training module on CILC through PEAK.
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Have questions about the CIN?
Ask our CMO.
Have questions for MSHP’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Fields? Submit them to
mshp@mountsinai.org with the subject line "Ask the CMO" and we may address them in an upcoming newsletter! Questions may pertain to strategy, quality, clinical integration, care management, or anything else related to our CIN. Please note that we cannot respond to all questions received nor can we guarantee personal follow up on questions.
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Population Health in the Literature and Media
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Study on Using Primary Care Wraparound Services to Reduce Hospitalizations
In this month’s issue of
Health Affairs, Joshua Vest and colleagues report a 7% reduction in hospitalizations and 5% reduction in ED use associated with the receipt of primary care wraparound services (Dietitian, Social Work, Patient Navigation, Behavioral Health, Asthma Education) in an urban safety net health system in Indianapolis.
Read more
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Reach Out to your Patients for Their Flu Shots
As the year end approaches, now is a crucial time to bring patients in to the clinic to complete their overdue screenings and get their flu shots! You may hear from your practice administrator about a list of your patients for outreach. These patients have been prioritized by level of engagement, and number of screenings/services due.
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Urgent Care or Emergency Room?
Urgent care centers serve non-life threatening but immediate healthcare needs. Emergency Department (ED) use
should be reserved for life-threatening emergencies that need the highest level of care. To reduce unnecessary, expensive ED visits please help educate your patients on
when to visit the ED versus urgent care
and encourage same-day appointments in your practice.
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MSHS Employee Health Benefit Plan Top Tier Transition
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Effective Jan 1, 2019
The administrator of Mount Sinai Health System’s (MSHS) Employee Health Benefit Plan will transition from Empire BlueCross BlueShield to
UMR, a division of United Healthcare
effective January 1, 2019.
Providers participating in the Top Tier network will automatically be migrated and loaded in UMR’s system for Mount Sinai employees and their eligible dependents only.
The “Top Tier” is a network of Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) hospitals and employed and community-based health care professionals that provide health care services to MSHS faculty and staff, and their eligible dependents, at a level of coverage that has the least out-of-pocket cost to MSHS employees.
To learn more about this update click here for an
FAQ document
and here for the
2019 Top Tier Quick Reference Guide
that includes information on benefits, copays, deductibles, ID card images, claims, submission, and prior approval processes.
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Bright Health Webinars
Last month, Mount Sinai launched a co-branded Medicare Advantage Insurance Plan with Bright Health built around Mount Sinai's hospitals and physicians. As a member of MSHP’s CIN, your practice is automatically enrolled in this fee-for-service arrangement that is effective on January 1, 2019.
Bright Health has scheduled webinars to provide you more information on how to do business with them. Register for a webinar by clicking the date and time you'd like to attend below so you can hit the ground running on January 1.
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P: 877-234-6667
F: 212-523-5775
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