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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 t...

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 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 ...

July 15, 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 an...

July 8, 2021 Second Notice AETNA Medicare Advantage Contract with McLaren In May of 2021, MPP announced expansion of the new Value-Based contract signed with AETNA for their Medicare Advantage (Aetna MA) insurance product to all Michigan MPP members. This contract encompasses all McLaren regions in Michigan. This new product offers provider gainsharing based on attaining quality and cost performance metrics. Key Points: Quality of Care Benefit: Patients will be supported by MPP Quality and Care Coordina...

June 30, 2021   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) is pleased to announce the release of the MPP Clinical Integration Payment 2 of 2 for 2020. This payment is based on physician performance on quality measures and value- based payments received from August 2020 to January 2021. In response to the financial difficulties our providers endured in 2020 due to COVID-19, MPP has waived the 10 point requirement on the Quality Metric Composite measure to be eligible for a payment and all PCPs scoring 55 poin...

June 8, 2021 Tele-Care Coordination is Available for your Patients “Tele-Care Coordination” services are available to your patients by referral. This service aims to provide more care in the home environment, allowing us to visualize the patient and their surroundings for greater quality of care and easier understanding on both ends. Using Persivia, our Population Health Software, patients are connected to our licensed Care Coordinators who assist with disease education and management, routine questions...