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22 TransforMED PCMH Practices Receive NCQA Recognition

02/05/2010

Transformation to a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a challenging task in and of itself, not to mention that payers, often require participating practices to achieve NCQA recognition in order to qualify for enhanced reimbursement within a pilot project. 

As an expert in medical home transformation, TransforMED is tasked by the practices we work with to help them not only with their medical home initiatives, but also to assist them in the NCQA PPC-PCMH™ recognition process.

This was the case with 22 of the practices TransforMED worked with in 2009 and we’re proud to announce that we helped these practices reach and often exceed their NCQA recognition goals — in less than a year.

How TransforMED helped these practices achieve NCQA recognition – in the words of the Practice Enhancement Facilitators:

"We made ourselves available throughout the first 9 months of 2009 for any questions or to review their submission data.  We provided conference calls for reviewing all the NCQA elements and then had individual teaching and coaching with practice managers and doctors."

Sheila Richmeier

"I was there for the practice team throughout the entire process and even walked them through a completed NCQA survey tool and gave feedback.  We had regular phone calls to review documentation and to make recommendations.  One practice manager said to me, 'it was the emotional support that helped me get through it — you were our cheerleader.'"

Shelly Phinney

"My practice is a small, rural family medicine site with limited resources, high overhead and a limited staff who were already working at or beyond their capacity. We held their hand and took the practice through the NCQA PPC-PCMH™ recognition process standard by standard.  We provided resources, coordinated networking with other practices and provided oversight and a final review of the NCQA application."

Diane Cardwell

Terry McGeeney, MD, TransforMED president and CEO said, "We're proud of our facilitators for muscling through this challenging process with our practices.  It takes a team to be successful and I couldn't be happier with the NCQA recognition successes our practices experienced."

Find out more about TransforMED's PCMH facilitation services

About TransforMED

The Leawood, Kan.-based TransforMED LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Established in 2005, TransforMED provides ongoing consultation and support to physicians looking to transform their practices to a new model of care that is based on the concept of a patient-centered medical home. TransforMED is an active member of primary care communities and recognizes and supports the unique value that primary care offers to patients and the health care system. TransforMED shares and supports the idealism and altruism of primary care physicians and the strong commitment to their communities and patients through continuing patient relationships and independent decision making. TransforMED offers practices both products and services, including consultation and advice on implementing the patient centered medical home model. To learn more about TransforMED, visit www.transformed.com.