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Staten Island PPS Executive Director, Joseph Conte, PhD, Provided Key Note Address at 2nd Annual Healthcare Transformation Summit
On Thursday, June 28th, Executive Director
of the PPS, Joseph Conte, PhD, provided the key note address to the
SEIU Pennsylvania Healthcare Union
at their second annual Healthcare Transformation Summit. Over 200 attendees from SEIU and management leadership from major healthcare provider organizations, including Kaiser Permanente, participated in the 2-day program. The Pennsylvania Secretary of Health and Human Services attended the event and spoke at the dinner.
Dr. Conte's remark included a description of the PPS's transformational path forward over the past 4 years. He gave numerous examples of how cooperation between labor and management was responsible for new program development and implementation resulting in significant population health improvement. The role of CHWs, peer recovery coaches, asthma home visit coordinators, support for 24/7 resource and recovery centers, certified translators, and numerous other efforts were highlighted.
In his closing remark, he said, "The most successful initiatives that result in improved care to individuals, organizational excellence and increased population health start more often in the lunch room than the board room- trust the workers."
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Exploring Value-Based Payment to Encourage Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care
"Over the past three years, Staten Island Performing Provider System reports that the number of providers in its service area waivered to prescribe buprenorphine has doubled."
The
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
and
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.
included Staten Island PPS in their "Exploring Value-Based Payment to Encourage Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care" brief, examining how states and health plans are exploring value-based payment (VBP) to promote substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in primary care, and offers considerations for implementing these models.
With support from the Melville Charitable Trust, the
Technical Assistance Collaborative
and the Center for Health Care Strategies conducted interviews with states, managed care organizations, and providers to understand how VBP levers can be used to encourage this type of integration.
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Lead and Design Equity in SI Healthcare:
Building Greater Equity in Healthcare Provision on Staten Island
About the Program
In collaboration with Staten Island PPS,
CRE is organizing a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative. The initiative is a series of interactive sessions over four months for directors and senior leadership of Staten Island-based healthcare organizations. The program will give you the tools and strategic guidance you need to deepen your identity awareness and leadership capacities for advancing not only diversity and inclusion, but more importantly, equity within and beyond your organization.
This program will help you:
- Increase awareness of DEI core principles-especially racial equity, foundational concepts such as implicit bias, micro aggressions and internalized oppression, and the differences between personal and institutional experiences of race and racism.
- Deepen understanding of the impact of personal identity in leadership impact, and leadership skills such as cultural competency required to advance DEI.
- Expand knowledge of organizational practices for advancing DEI, the use of equity protocols to build organizational capacity for DEI, and actions that integrate DEI as a core value for advancing health equity and outcomes.
Who should apply?
2-3 of the following people from each organization need to participate in the course:
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New 2018 Primary Care Resource Guide
The PPS Primary Care Resource Guide has been updated for 2018. The guide can help community members find primary care providers participating in New York State's delivery system reform efforts. It also includes additional information about health insurance navigators and community resources for asthma, diabetes, nutrition, and care coordination.
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Mental Health Service Corps is Recruiting for Fall
ThriveNYC Mental Health Service Corp (MHSC) is currently recruiting sites for a fall cohort of MHSC Behavioral Health Clinicians. Recruitment is open to multiple site types - small primary care practices, community health centers, hospital-affiliated ambulatory practices, and mental health clinics.
The NYC Mental Health Service Corps is a ThriveNYC workforce expansion initiative that aims to close the gaps in behavioral health services and to advance innovation and public health promotion. MSHC promotes collaborative care in primary care and evidence-based innovations in behavioral health settings. MSHC places full-time, fully-funded masters-level behavioral health clinicians (BHC's) in behavioral health clinics, substance use programs, and primary care sites in high-need communities throughout NYC.
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High Blood Pressure Redefined for First Time in 14 Years: 130 is the New High
The American Heart Association has redefined high blood pressure for the first time in 14 years. High blood pressure is now defined as readings of 130 mm Hg and higher for the systolic blood pressure measurement, or readings of 80 and higher for the diastolic measurement. That is a change from the old definition of 140/90 and higher, reflecting complications that can occur at those lower numbers.
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DSRIP Communications Corner
The Department of Health launched their DSRIP Communications Corner, an initiative intended to provide insights to PPS on what is in the news regarding DSRIP across New York State. Additionally, upcoming events across PPS will be included.
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Community Partner Spotlight
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Northwell Health and SI CARES
David C.
Referred February 2018 / Enrolled March 29, 2018
"The patient had been found unresponsive in the streets on Staten Island in Feb 2018 and brought to SIUH. His initial stay was 5 days.
The patient is a 53-year-old Hispanic male that was referred to Health Homes at Risk by ED Social Worker for assistance in finding a PCP.
I called the contact telephone number several times (3) and finally in mid-March 2018, I decided to send him a letter to see if he responds. After about 1 month, I was going to close him when he called.
Trust is a big part of the work that we do. In February he was inpatient at SIUH for 5 days. We spoke on the phone and he confessed that he doesn't know what happened to him when he when he blacked out and was initially hospitalized. I didn't get a sense of him doing drugs or ETOH. He admitted that he was homeless but wouldn't elaborate much. I do know that he was scared. He admitted that he needed help because he was new to NY and didn't know where to go to get services."
Click here to read the full story.
Coordinated Behavioral Care
"SI CARES Health Coach Arlenis Reyes, from Project Hospitality, recently worked with an 18-year-old male client, enrolling him in November of 2017 through her own engagement and outreach efforts.
The client was living with relatives while dealing with immense issues. When Arlenis first met the client, he was in a wheelchair that had no brakes or any bracket on for support. This was important because he was in the wheelchair as a result of car accident that injured his foot.
When Arlenis came to the client's home to do an enrollment into the SI CARES program, she immediately realized that he was dealing with housing instability. First, he did not have a bed to sleep on and was sleeping in his wheelchair in his mother's living room. Next, the client disclosed that food was an issue as he didn't have the funds to buy food regularly."
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Staten Island University Hospital Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Program
The ambulatory care pharmacy services were initiated at Staten Island University Hospital 15 months ago and have been integrated into the primary care, geriatric, and pulmonary clinics. A clinical pharmacist certified in ambulatory care pharmacy is available throughout the clinic as a drug information resource to the medical team as well as the patients. During each clinic session, the pharmacist performs a comprehensive chart review, including medications, labs, and immunization status, to ensure disease state management, preventive care and appropriate medication use. Direct patient care is provided through medication reconciliation, assessing adherence, patient education and counseling. In addition to medication counseling, diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidemia, and smoking cessation counseling are available when requested by the medical team. This ensures that patients receive counseling prior to their referral appointment.
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Community Health Action of Staten Island's New Diabetes Workshop Dates
Are you living with diabetes? Join CHASI for their 6-week workshop series. You'll learn how to manage an active and fulfilling lifestyle with diabetes. It's free for people with Medicaid or uninsured. Metro cards & free lunch will be given out for every class attended. If you attend 4 classes, you'll receive a $20 gift card! Classes start July 18th!
For more information, contact Dianna Diaz at (929) 353-1947 or (718) 808-1415 or [email protected].
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Click here to learn more.
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Wagner College's Conference on the Brain, the Mind and How We Learn
Wagner College's president and provost are sponsoring a fall 2018 conference titled
The Brain, the Mind, and How We Learn. The conference will take place
Monday, October 8, 2018 (Columbus Day).
This conference is in response to recent studies indicating that stress, anxiety, and other mental health conditions that can negatively impact learning are on the rise among children, teens, and adults.
The conference will explore recent neuroscience research on stress and resilience, the benefits of mindfulness meditation, and the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) in schools.
The goal is to combine the science of the brain (neuroscience) with the science of the mind (cognitive psychology) to better understand how learning occurs. Learning-based strands that will be developed include:
- Understanding the healthy brain
- Exploring the concept of the teen brain
- Discussing nature-versus-nurture influences
- Reflecting on the effective uses of technology
- Providing simulation experiences
- Exploring philosophical viewpoints
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Value Based Payment Corner
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The SI PPS launched its
Value Based Payment Resource Center earlier this year. This resource is hosted on the SI PPS website and supports our overall initiative to educate and prepare the SI PPS Partner Network for the transition from "fee-for-service" to "value based payments," including the SI PPS VBP Education Program.
Further content will be posted as our curriculum continues to roll out in 2018.
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SI PPS Events, Training, and Resources
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Keep up with all of our upcoming and ongoing training opportunities!
If you're a Staten Island PPS partner employee, you can find all
of our upcoming and ongoing trainings
here.
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REPORTING A COMPLIANCE CONCERN
SI PPS is committed to ensuring that it has a system in place to respond to possible compliance issues. We will investigate and respond to potential compliance issues as they are identified.
SI PPS has a 24 hour/7 day per week anonymous/confidential Help Line that you can call at
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