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December 22, 2021 Clinical Integration Payment 1 for 2021 McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) is pleased to announce the release of the MPP Clinical Integration (CI) Payment 1 of 2 for 2021. This payment is based on physician performance on quality measures and value-based payments received from February 2021 to July 2021. The total distribution amount is $8,172,000. As we transition to value-based payments our top performing physicians have received the following in this distribution: MPP would especially...

November 29, 2021 Key Staff Meeting   Please join us for our MPP Key Staff Meeting via webinar on Thursday, December 9 th 12:00pm-1:30pm   Presenting: Statin Therapy Project, ACO and MPP Quality Updates, Persivia-Population Health Platform, Care Coordination Updates, PCMH/PCMH-N, 2021 CI Scorecard Reminders and What is coming in 2022   We want to hear from you on how MPP can assist your offices during these uncertain times.   **New for 2021 CI Score Card*** CI metric -Key Conversatio...

November 15, 2021 MHPN to distribute $2.5 million to ACO providers   McLaren High Performance Network, LLC (MHPN) is pleased to announce the release of the provider distribution of the 2020 ACO shared savings to our ACO member providers. The payout will consist of utilizing the Board approved methodologies for Clinical Integration payments based on McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) CI scorecard performance of participating physicians on related metrics and Medicare Beneficiary Attribution. The total...

October 13, 2021 MPP FALL 2021 PHYSICIAN UPDATE   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) provides physician update presentations bi-annually in the Spring and Fall. This year we are offering two viewing options for full participation credit on your Clinical Integration scorecard. Please join us October 20, 2021 @ 5:30 PM for our live webinar presentation or view the on-demand webinar posted on the MPP website (mclarenpp.org). Whether you are a specialist or primary care physician our objective is to...

October 7, 2021 MPP Performance Evaluation, Improvement and Remediation Policy   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) is a CIN (Clinically Integrated Network) and is legally required by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to monitor and evaluate the ongoing clinical performance for CIN participating physicians and to provide support, counsel, and accountability for participating physicians whose performance is not meeting CIN standards. On at least a quarterly basis, MPP ...

October 5, 2021 Clinical Corners With today’s ever evolving standards of care and focus on proper utilization, it is imperative that clinicians have access to the most up to date and relevant clinical information.   Clinical Corners are brief commentary on hot topics such as clinical information on chronic diseases. With this, our second quarterly update, we include our most recent released Clinical Corners topics as well as future topics. Keeping the provider informed yet being respectful of time ...

September 7, 2021 Key Staff Meeting   Please join us for our MPP Key Staff meeting via webinar on Wednesday, September 29th, 2021 12:00 pm –1:30 pm   Presenting: Special Guest from BCBS Pharmacy, ACO and MPP Quality Updates and Wins, Persivia-New Population Health Platform, PCMH/PCMH-N Capabilities, Telehealth Tips, 2021 CI Scorecard and Care Coordination Updates   We want to hear from you on how MPP can assist your offices during these uncertain times.   ***Newfor 2021CI Score Card ...

August 25, 2021 McLaren CareNow offers Lab Services Are your patients experiencing issues with lab access? MPP has been made aware of limited availability of McLaren lab draw stations. Potential impacts of a delay in lab services includes suboptimal disease management, poorer patient outcomes and a delay in quality metric gaps in care closures. As always, patients should be encouraged to utilize McLaren services whenever possible. To better serve our patients and to support our providers, MPP and McLare...

July 26, 2021 Medicare ACO Beneficiary Notification   This is to advise you that MHPN will be sending your Medicare ACO (traditional Medicare only) patients a beneficiary notification letter as required the CMS Shared Savings Program. ACOs are required to notify beneficiaries, using the CMS template, of your participation in the Shared Savings Program. The template must be used as written by CMS and may not be modified. Notification will be done in two ways: • A written notice. The ACO or its ACO p...

July 21, 2021 Michigan Back Collaborative (MIBAC) Michigan Back Collaborative (MIBAC) is a new statewide BCBSM quality improvement collaborative to improve outcomes for patients with new episodes of low back pain. MIBAC will focus on improving quality of care for back pain with the primary goals of preventing patients from developing chronic pain, reducing opiate usage, and improving patient outcomes and overall satisfaction with care. In this collaborative, participants receive training in the care of ...