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Join the San Diego Long Term Care Integration Project's Physician Strategy Kick-off Meeting on February 11, 2004. Learn about the one-year planning grant focused on improving health outcomes for elderly and disabled persons through community collaboration. Strategies include building on MFFS thinking, engaging physicians in chronic care, and training on healthy aging protocols. Benefit from an enhanced fee-for-service model and support consumer choice for LTC services. Sign up today for a promising healthcare initiative!
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San Diego Long Term Care Integration Project (LTCIP) Physician Strategy Kick-off Meeting February 11, 2004
What is the Physician Strategy? • One year planning grant from California Endowment: $142,000 • Program development effort focused onimproving the health and well-being of elderly and disabled persons by expanding the community's ability to • promote healthy behaviors, • manage chronic conditions, and • create new relationships in health care where consumers and professionals work better together.
Strategies & Objectives • Build on MFFS thinking that has emerged in other states • Partner w/physicians vested in chronic care • Develop interest/incentive for support of “after office” services (HCBC) • Identify care management/MD incentive resources • Train on healthy aging, geriatric/chronic disease protocol, pharmacy, HCBC supports
Strategies & Objectives…continued • 5-7 regional focus group meetings to • Engage PCPs in designing model • Engage CBOs in support of PCPs • Engage consumers/caregivers via health education
Planning Phase Deliverables • Develop Admin. Action Plan that would allow for successful implementation and evaluation of strategy in Phase II • Final Grant Report that includes comprehensive presentation of research, activity and methodology used
Physician Strategy Benefits • Improved Fee-for-Service model • Paradigm shift to chronic care mgmt • Responds to Olmstead Decision to provide greater consumer choice for LTC services • Potential to be expanded/replicated • Sustainability - Supported w/Medicare Advantage demo
Timeline • First meeting: today! Sign-up to participate • Identify additional physicians, consumers, caregivers, CBOs (2-04) • Official invitation to participate in learning sessions/focus groups (3-04) • Focus group meetings (4-04 thru 7-04)
Timeline…continued • On-going evaluation to synthesize feedback and develop implementation plan based on successful outcomes • Regular updates to Planning Committee • Complete Phase II implementation plan and Final Grant Report (12-04)