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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...

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 ...

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...

July 13, 2023   Clinical Integration Payment 2 for 2022   McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) is pleased to announce the release of the MPP Clinical Integration (CI) Payment 2 of 2 for 2022. This payment is based on physician performance on cost and quality measures and includes value-based payments received from August 2023 to January 2023.   The total distribution amount is $5.9 million. As we transition to value-based payments our top performing physicians have received the following in t...

June 15, 2023   An Introduction to the McLaren ACO   CMS is requiring Physician Accountability for Cost, Quality, and Patient Satisfaction. The goal of our ACO is to support our providers with the people, processes and technology to effectively and efficiently improve patient outcomes and quality of care in our communities.   We are looking for engaged, high quality and cost-efficient providers to partner with us to further develop our preferred provider network for value-based care deliv...

June 14, 2023   MPP KEY STAFF MEETING McLaren Physician Partners (MPP) provides Virtual Key Staff presentations quarterly. Please join us for our next live webinar: Wednesday, June 28 th, 2023 12:00 PM Please invite any staff who would benefit from the information being presented. Topics to be discussed include : CPTII Coding Improving Patient Experience CI Scorecards MPP Care Coordination Services Community Resource Presentation by: Mental Health 911 Persivia Updates 2023 HEDIS Metrics PCMH-N Test...

June 1, 2023   Keys to Successful Participation in the McLaren ACO   CMS is requiring Physician Accountability for Cost, Quality, and Patient Satisfaction. The goal of our ACO is to support our providers with the people, processes and technology to effectively and efficiently improve patient outcomes and quality care in our communities. Building an effective ambulatory population health management strategy is a requirement to continue to provide services to our patients and payors.  Provi...

May 10, 2023 MPP Specialist Value Based Reimbursement Results MPP is pleased to announce the results of the 2023 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.  ...

April 12, 2023 Blue Cross Blue Shield Coding Seminars Blue Cross Blue Shield is hosting a series of half hour “Lunch and Learns” for providers with varied coding focuses over the coming months.   Below is the schedule and the link to register for the BCBS Provider Education Portal. Each session runs from Noon-12:30. Coding is a key focus for 2023 and beyond, as we work to code to the highest specificity, and close as many diagnosis and quality gaps through claims.   Please take advantage of th...