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April 25, 2022 MPP Board of Directors Election Results   The MPP Board of Directors is pleased to announce the results of the 2022 Annual Membership election held via virtual ballot.  Gregory Koby, D.O., and Esa Ali, M. D. were re-elected by our membership as Directors on the Board for a four-year term ending in December of 2025.    We congratulate Dr. Koby and Dr. Ali and thank them for their continued service on the Board.

May 3, 2022 Specialist Value Based Reimbursement Results   MPP is pleased to announce the results of the 2022 BCBSM Specialist Value Based Reimbursement (VBR) program. This program was developed to reward specialists for performance in population healthcare delivery by promoting responsibility for the cost and quality of care of a shared population of patients. It rewards Specialists to engage in the Patient-Centered Medial Home Neighborhood and their collaboration with Primary Care Physicians. VBR...

  May 2, 2022 HEDIS 2022 – Controlling High Blood Pressure The Controlling High Blood Pressure quality measure continues to be a focus for improvement within MPP and remains on your 2022 CI Scorecard. Health plans for commercial and Medicare populations have now weighted this metric 3 times the other metrics. MPP performs at less than a 4-star rating and therefore may not receive incentive dollars for this measure. Every patient aged 18-85 with a diagnosis of hypertension during the measurement yea...

April 26, 2022   MyCare Update and Educational Video MPP launched its MyCare program one month ago. MyCare is a deviceless remote patient monitoring program, which sends condition-specific text messages or automated phone calls to McLaren patients with COPD, Heart Failure or High-risk Discharge, to support care coordination and monitor their health virtually. There is no charge for this program. MyCare supports McLaren physicians stay connected to patients in-between scheduled appointments by monit...

March 15, 2022 McLaren Physician Partners Launches MyCare   Starting this week, McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) has launched a deviceless remote patient monitoring program called MyCare. MyCare sends condition-specific text messages or automated phone calls to McLaren patients to support care coordination and monitor their health virtually. The goals of this partnership are to: • Reduce medical costs by reducing ED visits, admissions and re-admissions • Scaling care coordination services to engage...

March 1, 2022 MPP SPRING 2022 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 30, 2022 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: Population Health Mana...

February 22, 2022 Specialist Collaborative Survey   As McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) enters at-risk contracting, it is important to continue to build relationships within our Specialist network. We developed a Specialist Collaborative Survey to identify best practices for communication and collaboration between specialists and primary care providers in population health management and performance-based models of care.   The survey questions highlight specific communication and operational a...

February 15, 2022 Key Practice Staff Meeting   Please join us for our MPP Key Practice Staff Meeting via webinar on Wednesday, March 9 th , 2022 12:00pm-1:30pm   Presenting: Patient Experience presented by Ashley West, MMG Director of Patient Experience, Care Coordination on TOC Visits, Persivia, CI Scorecard, PCMH/PCMH-N, Upcoming Events We want to hear from you on how MPP can assist your offices during these uncertain times.   ***2022 CI Score Card*** CI metric -Key Conversations Physic...

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...