Sneak Preview: New NCQA Program Extending Medical Home Concepts Beyond Primary Care

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will host a preview briefing about NCQA Patient-Centered Specialty Practice (PCSP) Recognition, a new evaluation program launching March 25, that extends principles of the patient-centered medical home to specialties besides primary care.

PCSP is modeled on NCQA’s Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition program, the most widely adopted medical home model in the country. Under PCSP, specialty practices committed to access, communication and care coordination can earn accolades as the “neighbors” that surround and inform the medical home and colleagues in primary care.

WHEN: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 9:30–10:30 a.m. EDT

WHO: This briefing is open to journalists and others who are interested in integration and communication across the health care delivery system.

NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane will summarize the PCSP program.

Guest speakers who advised NCQA on PCPS’s design and are themselves innovators in these areas will share their perspectives. Confirmed speakers include:

• John Blair, MD, President of the Taconic Independent Practice Association
• John Cox, MD, Oncologist, Methodist-Dallas Cancer Center
• Carol Greenlee, MD, Endocrinologist, Counsel of Subspecialty Societies for the American College of Physicians (ACP) and Co-chair of the ACP PCMH-Neighbor Work Group

WEBINAR
	DATE:	Thursday, March 21, 2013
		9:30 –10:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE: WebEx virtual meeting
	1.	Connect to https://ncqaevents.webex.com/ncqaevents/onstage/g.php?d=661692472&t=a
	2.	Locate the event: Patient Centered Specialty Practice Webinar.
	3.	Enter your information to register and click JOIN.
	4.	Enter the password: NCQApcsp101.
	5.	Establish your phone connection by calling 866-469-3239.
	6.	Enter the conference code: 661 692 472.
	7.	If you have trouble connecting, call 866-229-3239, Option 1.

To RSVP for the event, please contact either Apoorva Stull at [e-mail] or 202-955-3567 or Ashley Carter at [e-mail] or 202-955-5106.

ABOUT NCQA

NCQA is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. NCQA accredits and certifies a wide range of health care organizations. It also recognizes clinicians and practices in key areas of performance. NCQA’s Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS^®) is the most widely used performance measurement tool in health care. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information for consumers, purchasers, health care providers and researchers.