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November 27, 2023   MPP KEY STAFF MEETING McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) provides Virtual Key Staff presentations quarterly. Please join us for our next live webinar: Wednesday, December 13 th, 2023 12:00 PM Please invite any staff who would benefit from the information being presented.   Best Practices and Topics to be discussed include :   MPP Updates: Get Ready for 2024 and updated HEDIS metrics 2024 ACO Updates MPP Care Coordination Updates CPTII Coding Tips and Tools Clinical Integ...

November 6, 2023   Pharmacist Led Medication Reconciliation   Studies have shown that approximately 20% of hospital readmissions may be medication-related and 70% of these readmissions are possibly preventable.  McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) partnered with Outcomes Medication Therapy Management (MTM) and Walgreen’s to provide patients with a medication reconciliation by a pharmacist.   Starting next week, as part of our current Transition of Care services, high risk patients disch...

McLaren and Karmanos leaders share knowledge and experience with other statewide industry leaders. With the ever-changing landscape of health care in Michigan and around the country, Crain’s Detroit Business brought together leading minds in local health care at its annual Health Care Leadership Summit. Participating on panels, sharing their insights and experience on a range of topics were representatives from McLaren Health Care and the Karmanos Cancer Institute. Andrea Phillips Director of Care Coord...

October 1, 2023   RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (RSV) BACKGROUND: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that affects the lungs, making breathing difficult. It is also more common in the spring and fall seasons. The virus is common in children under 2 years, though people of all ages can get it. Illness caused by RSV is often more severe for young and premature infants, as well as older adults with poor health. It is no longer considered a children’s disease. Each year in the U...

September 15, 2023   Making Standard of Care, The STANDARD Statin Therapy for Patients with Diabetes Statin Therapy for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease   Adults 40–75 years of age with diabetes, who do or do not have clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), should be started on a statin for primary and secondary prevention of ASCVD regardless of lipid status. Statin Therapy for patients with cardiovascular disease, male patients ages 21-75, and female patients ages 40-75 i...

September 13, 2023 MPP KEY STAFF MEETING McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) provides Virtual Key Staff presentations quarterly.   Please join us for our next live webinar:   Wednesday, September 27 th, 2023 12:00 PM   Please invite any staff who would benefit from the information being presented. Best Practices and Topics to be Discussed Include : MPP Care Coordination-Remote Patient Monitoring Medicaid Redetermination Pre-Visit Planning with Persivia CareView Cards CPTII Coding Statin Use ...

September 1, 2023 COPD SCREENING AND TREATMENT   BACKGROUND: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) affects around 15 million people in the U.S. and costs more than $32 billion annually. Chronic lower respiratory diseases, including COPD, are the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the third leading cause of death worldwide. GOLD ( Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) 2023 defines COPD as a  heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory sy...

August 15, 2023   Long COVID   It has been over 3 years since the pandemic started. As we get more experience with this situation, we are able to improve our diagnoses, treatments and recommendations. Unfortunately, there still is much to be learned. Approximately 10% of individuals infected with COVID-19 developed symptoms that may be defined as “Long COVID.” Many of these symptoms are also present in other chronic conditions and typically routine imaging and blood tests come back as normal. ...

August 14, 2023   McLaren ACO Members Receive CMS Payment Bonus   McLaren High Performance Network, LLC (MHPN) received a final MIPS Quality score of 98.53 out of 100 for performance year 2022.  This score was calculated based on performance in Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities. CMS categorizes any score greater than 89 as exceptional performance.   Based on this performance, eligible providers in the McLaren High Performance Network will receive a 7.36 ...

August 8, 2023   Blue Cross Blue Shield Specialist Value Based Reimbursement Updates   Blue Cross Blue Shield is updating their Specialist VBR for roll out March 2025.  However, the data collection for these changes starts July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.  Specialist VBR currently uses three core metric sets (Global Quality Index, Cost of Care PMPM and Cost Difference), and when applicable specific metric sets for certain specialties. In 2025, in addition to the original three cor...