Federal Health Care Leaders Will Keynote Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Stakeholder Meeting July 22

HRSA's Mary Wakefield and CMS' Tony Rodgers slated for Washington, DC meeting

WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Keynoting the July 22 meeting of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) stakeholders will be two federal health agency thought leaders with a strong interest in weighing the medical home's impact on federal programs that serve millions of Americans.

"The Patient Centered Medical Home in the Community" is the theme of a working meeting of PCPCC stakeholders with the shared goal of advancing adoption of the patient centered medical home (PCMH) across the nation.  The meeting will be held at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 22.  The PCPCC is a coalition of more than 700 organizations representing the nation's business leaders, consumers, primary care physicians and other health care stakeholders.  

Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N., will present her keynote at 10 a.m. She is administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that works to fill in the health care gaps for people who live outside the economic and medical mainstream. The agency expands access to quality health care in partnership with health care providers. HRSA funds training for primary care practitioners and already supports medical homes for special needs children through its programs.

Anthony Rodgers was appointed deputy administrator and director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' new Center for Strategic Planning in March, and will present a noon keynote at the meeting.  Rogers previously worked at Health Management Associates, Lansing, Mich., as the principal consultant on health information technology, health system strategic planning, and health plan and system operations. Prior to that he served as the director of the state of Arizona Medicaid/State Children's Health Insurance programs, and also has a long career history in the private sector as a health plan executive. Medicare is evaluating the efficacy of the medical home through development of its Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration project.

The July 22 Stakeholder's Working Meeting will include expert panel presentations on the following topics:

• Employer's Role in Building a PCMH Community
• Federal Initiatives: Extending the PCMH Community
• Connecting Providers with Medication Management
• PCMH in the Community: Case Studies from Practices and Pilots
• Demonstrating Value to the Community: PCMH Measurement and Evaluation

For a complete agenda or to register for the PCPCC Stakeholder's Working Meeting, "The Patient Care Medical Home in the Community," go to http://www.pcpcc.net/event/stakeholder/7-22-10.

The PCPCC is organized and financed to provide better outcomes for patients, more efficient payment to physicians, and better value, accountability and transparency to purchasers and consumers. Studies of the PCMH model show that it improves patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. It also lowers health care costs by improving care coordination and communication between primary care physicians and their patients.

About the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative is a coalition of more than 700 major employers, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians, and other stakeholders who have joined to advance the patient centered medical home. The Collaborative believes that, if implemented, the patient centered medical home will improve the health of patients and the health care delivery system. For more information on the patient centered medical home and a complete list of the PCPCC members, please visit http://www.pcpcc.net/.

SOURCE The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative