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July 29, 2025   United Healthcare (UHC) Contract with McLaren   MPP is pleased to announce a new agreement has been signed with United Healthcare.   This is a systemwide agreement which includes all McLaren facilities and all active MPP providers, including employed. The new contract with UHC is effective June 1, 2025 for Medicaid and October 1, 2025 for Medicare Advantage and DSNP.   If you would like more information regarding this contract, please contact Rachel A. White, MPP Vice...

McLaren Thumb Region, part of McLaren Health Care and the statewide McLaren Stroke Network, has received the American Heart Association’s 2025 Get With The Guidelines® – Rural Stroke BRONZE award. This national recognition reflects McLaren Thumb Region’s ongoing commitment to improving stroke care through evidence-based practices and underscores McLaren Thumb Region’s dedication to enhancing outcomes for patients in the rural community. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of long-term...

July 1, 2025   Molina Medicaid Expansion with McLaren   MPP is pleased to announce a new systemwide Agreement has been executed with Molina. We have expanded our existing MPP relationship to include Medicaid for all regions.   This expansion adds the following regions for full systemwide participation of all McLaren hospitals and active MPP clinicians:   McLaren Central McLaren Greater Lansing McLaren Lapeer McLaren Northern   The new contract amendment with Molina is effective ...

June 19, 2025   Coding Resources Now Available on MPP Website   MPP is pleased to announce a new section on our website dedicated to coding resources - designed to support your clinical documentation and coding accuracy.   This new section includes:   HCC Coding Guides by Condition HCC Coding Guides by Specialty Educational Videos: Video – HCC/Risk Adjustment Coding – CQDOC Video – Primary Care Population Health HCC Education 2025 Video – Stanson HCC Coding and Diagnosis Recapture Vi...

May 28, 2025   MPP KEY STAFF MEETING   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) provides Virtual Key Staff presentations quarterly. Please join us for our next live webinar:   Wednesday, June 18, 2025 12:00 PM   Please invite any staff who would benefit from the information being presented.   Best Practices and Topics to be discussed include: HEDIS Improvement: Dive Into Wellness Well Child Visits Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity Immunizations (Combos 2 & 10) Mammogram...

May 1, 2025 Clinical Integration Payment 2 for 2024   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) is pleased to announce the release of the MPP Clinical Integration (CI) Payment 2 of 2 for 2024. MPP reengineered our payment processes to accelerate moving the June CI Payment 2 distribution to April. This payment is based on physician performance on cost and quality measures and includes value-based payments received from August 2024 to February 2025.   The total distribution amount is $3.4 million.  ...

April 29, 2025   United Health Care Contract with McLaren   MPP is pleased to announce a new systemwide agreement to expand participation with United Healthcare (UHC) for Medicare Advantage, DSNP and Medicaid. This is a system-wide agreement which includes all McLaren facilities and all active MPP providers.   The new contract with UHC is effective June 1, 2025 for Medicaid and October 1, 2025 for Medicare Advantage and DSNP. If you have previously signed an opt-in for UHC, you will be au...

April 24, 2025   BCBSM Specialist Value Based Reimbursement   MPP is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 BCBSM Specialist Value Based Reimbursement (VBR) program.  The Specialist VBR program was developed to reward specialists for performance in population healthcare delivery by participating in responsibility for the cost and quality of care of a shared population of patients. It rewards specialists to engage in the Patient Centered Medical Home Neighborhood (PCMH-N) and their co...

April 15, 2025   McLaren Physician Partners Introduces Homeward Health   In January 2025, BCBSM and Aetna retained Homeward Health to provide supplemental services to members in the rural health settings.MPP is currently working with Homeward, on your behalf, to identify patients who would benefit from these services.   What to expect from Homeward Health: Provides Community Health Workers to serve patients in rural communities in their homes Works with the patient’s PCP as part of the ca...

April 10, 2025   Revolutionizing Asthma Treatment: Implementing ICS-Based Reliever Therapies in Clinical Practice   Description: This live, virtual 1 hour Category I ACCME educational program, for primary care and specialty healthcare professionals, is intended to provide learners with an understanding of inhaled corticosteroid-based reliever therapeutic approaches for the management of adult asthma.   Background: β2 agonists like albuterol have been used for more than 50 years as the mai...