- Clinic Affairs & Family Medicine - Cleveland Clinic
Friday, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Strategic and Rapid Growth: From Evaluation to Full Integration
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Integration of community practices into larger organizations has become common practice in today’s financially struggling healthcare world. This session will explore one organization’s experience of evaluating finances, productivity, and salaries, and integrating more than 20 community primary care practices and 80 doctors into its system. The presenters will explore in detail an approach Cleveland Clinic has taken to meet the challenge.
Saturday, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: Conquering the Application, Is It Worth It?
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In 2009, the Cleveland Clinic formed a collaborative team to explore NCQA Medical Home Recognition. This presentation will discuss the application process and promote thought-provoking discussion on the value of Medical Home recognition for ambulatory practices and whether it is worth the effort. It will give the rationale for a medical home relative to improving quality, establishing quality improvement initiatives, improved patient safety, potential for reimbursement, and efficiency in the practices. Presenters will also share samples of work submitted that will help aid organizations contemplating this huge undertaking.
