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March 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, April 12 th, 2023 12:00 PM Please invite any staff who would benefit from the information being presented. Topics to be discussed include : MPP Updates—Tiffany Francis, Director of Quality MPP Care Coordination Updates Persivia Updates Quality Updates Patient Experience     ***2023 CI Score Card*** Earn points on the 2023...

February 15, 2023   MPP SPRING 2023 PHYSICIAN UPDATE   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) provides physician update presentations bi-annually in the Spring and Fall. Please join us for our live webinar: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 5:30 PM   Whether you are a specialist or primary care physician our objective is to keep you abreast of what is happening in Population Health at the local and national levels and to answer any questions that you may have. Topics to be discussed include:   Pop...

February 22, 2023   HCC (Hierarchical Coding Category) Coding Support   McLaren is working with Stanson Health, a Premier Company (Cerner OneMcLaren sites) and Persivia (Non-Cerner sites) to help capture HCC codes, by prompting providers within their workflow as to conditions that have not yet been coded. As a reminder, CMS uses HCC codes to classify the ‘acuity’ of individual patients to estimate future years reimbursement.   Why should I care about HCC coding? It is a loss of revenue to...

February 15, 2023   Volume to Value - How   In the last Clinical Corner “Volume to Value – Why?”, dated February 1, 2023, we discussed value-based care. Value increases when costs go down while quality and patient experience improve. (1) . Success requires a shift in physician attention and a review of priorities in practice workflow. Here are important activities to assist in the commitment to value: Physician engagement – no longer is it about participation alone, we need physician engagemen...

February 8, 2023   McLaren Health Care Annual Report   We are pleased to share with you the McLaren Health Care Annual Report for 2022. Please read through this report and learn more about the services, programs, facilities and people that comprise our integrated health care system.   MPP would like to recognize and thank our physicians and providers, for their role in making McLaren a better place to receive care as a patient and contributions to optimizing the health of the communities ...

February 1, 2023 Volume to Value - Why   “62% of patient respondents had never heard of value-based care, yet 59% said they would support a healthcare system where providers are paid based on the quality of work versus volume,” in a survey of 1,000 US healthcare consumers. (1) The survey reveals patients’ lack of awareness regarding value-based care. 51% of physicians indicate they are aware of the cost of the treatments and tests they order and 46% of physicians indicated they follow clinical path...

January 15, 2023 “A Breath of Fresh Air”   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) is participating in a Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBSM) Collaborative Quality Initiative (CQI) called INHALE (Inspiring Health Advances in Lung Care). Michigan has high prevalence rates of asthma and COPD. There are significant disparities in the burden of disease across the state. The economic burden of asthma alone in Michigan is approximately $3 billion per year driven by emergency department visits, hospitalizations, readm...

January 1, 2023 Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) DEFINITION: Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) are the nonmedical factors that influence health outcomes. They are “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that shape health.”   SDoH can be grouped into 5 domains: 1 Economic Stability  Help people earn steady incomes that allow them to meet their health needs. (e.g., employment, income, poverty). Education Access and Quality Increase educational opportunities and...

December 5, 2022   ACO Members Receive CMS Payment Bonus   McLaren High Performance Network, LLC received a final MIPS score of 97.37 out of 100 for performance year 2021.  This score was calculated based on performance in Quality, Advancing Care Information, and Improvement Activities. CMS categorizes any score greater than 85 as exceptional performance.  Based on this performance, eligible providers in the McLaren High Performance Network will receive a 1.96 % positive payment adju...

November 15, 2022 Treatment of Vasomotor Symptoms in Menopause SUMMARY: Vasomotor and vaginal symptoms are cardinal symptoms of menopause. The occurrence of vasomotor symptoms increases during the transition to menopause and peaks approximately 1 year after the final menstrual period. Systemic estrogen hormone therapy (HT), with or without progestin, is the most effective therapy for menopause-related vasomotor symptoms. Oral and transdermal (i.e., patches, gels, or sprays) estrogen, alone or in co...