New Web Event Series Focuses on

Accountable Care Organizations and Patient-Centered Medical Homes

The AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange announces a new Web event series designed to share experiences and lessons learned in putting accountable care organization and patient-centered medical home principles into practice.
Thursday, April 25, 1 – 2 pm ET
Payment Models that Support Medical Home and Accountable Care Organization Principles: Maryland’s Experience
Join the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange for the first event in the series to learn about Maryland’s Multi-Payer Program, a statewide initiative that supports the development of patient-centered medical homes with novel financial incentive structures designed to promote provider participation. Hear about innovative payment models aimed to support medical homes and the principles underlying accountable care organizations with an interactive discussion on key issues.

Participants will explore questions such as:

What are the challenges related to engaging multiple payers? What strategies have been used to overcome them?
What types of challenges need to be overcome in engaging providers?
What are lessons learned in establishing consistent payment methodologies?
How do you realign reimbursement strategies to support evolving delivery systems?

Host:

Judi ConsalvoProgram Analyst AHRQ Center for Outcomes and Evidence

Moderator:

Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD Professor of Health Economics and Policy Harvard School of Public Health

Presenter:

Ben Steffen, MA Executive Director
Maryland Health Care Commission

Respondent:

Craig Jones, MD Executive Director
Vermont Blueprint for Health

To register for this event, visit: http://goo.gl/H7LG7

Read the featured innovation profile: http://go.usa.gov/TKkj

For more information and to view participant bios, visit: http://go.usa.gov/TKkH

Thursday, May 9, 1 – 2 pm ET
A Close Look at Care Coordination within Patient-Centered Medical Homes: West Virginia’s Experience

For more information and to register for this event, visit:http://go.usa.gov/TK84

Wednesday, June 5, 1 – 2 pm ET
Building Health Information Exchanges to Support Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Homes: Delaware’s Experience

For more information and to register for this event, visit: http://go.usa.gov/TK8P