The Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative (CSI-RI)

Presentation for RIBGHSeptember 21, 2012

Debra Hurwitz, MBA, BSN, RNDavid Keller, MDCSI Co-Directors

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The Rhode Island Chronic Care Sustainability Initiative (CSI-RI)

Vision Rhode Islanders enjoy excellent health and quality of life. They are active participants in an affordable, integrated health care system that promotes wellness and delivers high quality, comprehensive primary care.

MissionTo lead the transformation of primary care in Rhode Island. CSI brings together critical RI payers, providers, purchasers, consumers and other leaders to develop, implement, evaluate, refine and spread models to deliver, pay for and sustain high quality comprehensive primary care.

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Joint Principles of the PCMHAAP, AAFP, ACP, AOA , March 2007

• Personal physician • Physician-directed medical practice• Whole person orientation • Care is coordinated and/or integrated• Quality and safety• Enhanced access to care • Payment to support the PCMH

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What is CSI-RI?• Working with all major health care stakeholders to

transform primary care in Rhode Island.

• Promotes the PCMH, a model of primary care that is patient-centered, coordinated, accessible and team-based. The model focuses on prevention, wellness and appropriate treatment.

• This will lead to improved care, lower costs and better health outcomes for Rhode Islanders.

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It Takes a Team…

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CSI-RI Collaboration Partners Payers • Medicaid• All commercial plans• MedicarePurchasers• Self-insured employersProviders• Primary care providers (private practices, community health centers,

hospitals and clinics)State• Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, Executive Office of Health

and Human Services, Department of Human Services, Department of Health

Technical Experts• Department of Health; QIO

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CSI-RI helps plans and practices build sustainable Patient-Centered Medical Homes

• Data-driven practice transformation

• NCQA Level 3• Nurse Case Manager on

the team• Common Contract• All-payers involved• PMPM paid on

attributable lives• PMPM based on

performanceUsed with permission of Ed Paul MD,Yuma Regional Medical Center

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CSI-RI is growing

• 5 practice in 2008• 13 practices in 2010• 16 practices on Oct 1• Future:

– Learn and refine model with RIQI– More sites in 2013– Employer engagement (benefit

design)– Employee engagement (PCP

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Key Elements of CSI-RI PCMH

• Common Contract additional payment PMPM• Nurse Care Manager at the practice site• Practice coaching for team-based care• Participation in learning collaborative• NCQA recognition Level 3• HIE capacity• Common measures of performance for improved management

of chronic conditions (i.e., diabetes, heart disease, depression, tobacco cessation)

• Data and reporting on quality measures• Performance incentives based on PMPM

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Care Management ActivitiesNurse Care Manager lynchpin for success

• Located within practices, regardless of payer• Care Manager college• Activities

• Identification of high risk patients• Patient assessment• Care coordination (transitions of care; specialist referrals; home-

and community-based services and supports)• Patient/family education• Engage patients in shared decision-making• Team communication

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CSI-RI and PCMH: What’s the Evidence?

Building CSI-RI• Evolving evidence

– AHRQ– PCPCC

• Early evaluation– Practice transformation– Impact utilization

• Ongoing evaluation– Quality– Experience– Cost

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AHRQ Review“Overall, these findings areencouraging … Our horizon scanidentified ongoing studies … that,when published, should more thandouble the size of the publishedliterature … most are being conducted with the participationof a commercial insurer.”

- AHRQ, 2012

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PCPCC“This report provides significantevidence that Patient-CenteredMedical Homes around the countryare reducing costs while improvingquality of care, access and patientsatisfaction for both children andadults.”

- PCPCC, 2012

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PCMH: What works?• Using Health IT to drive patient care

– Renaissance Medical Management, PA: Patient engagement reduced hospital admissions and emergency room utilization

• Enhanced access– Seven projects in VT, ND, CO, UT, WA, NC, PA: Enhanced

communication off hours, reduced preventable hospitalizations and PMPM costs

• Use of high-value specialist– Qualitative evaluation of four high-performing practices showed

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PCMH: What works?• Population-based care management programs

– Care Continuum Alliance: Effective use of registries improved risk factor management

• Patient engagement– NC: Patient engagement associated with cost savings of 7 – 15%

over four years

• Community health teams to manage and coordinate care– VT: CHTs reduce hospital and ER utilization, and enhance

utilization of behavioral health resources

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Evaluating CSI-RI

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Ongoing Measurement

Early Years: 2008-2010

• External evaluation– Commonwealth Fund– Impact on practice– Impact on quality– Impact on utilization– Comparison group

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NCQA-PPC Improvement Across Submissions

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Based on PPC-PCMH 2008 StandardsPercentages calculated based on formula: points earned / total possible pointsFrom M. Rosenthal, Presentation to CSI-RI Steering Committee, 7/13/2012

Key Findings

• Small changes in outcomes by year 2– Improved quality – Reduced use of ER for ambulatory sensitive

conditions“CSI-RI evaluation suggests that WITH ADEQUATE

FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT small practices can make significant strides in adoption of medical home structures and processes”

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Pilot Successes

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Proactive Population Management &

Tracking

• “The single most successful piece has been the ability to record, track and respond to outcomes data. On a population-level, knowledge is power.”

Improved Professional Satisfaction

• “The professional satisfaction now compared to [before the pilot] is through the roof.”

Overall Transformation

• It’s hard to believe how far we’ve come. Just the fact that so much has changed is one of the most important things about the whole project… The project has given us both time to think outside of the box and has helped us develop a meaningful way to get out of the box and transform our practice to something new.”

From M. Rosenthal, Presentation to CSI-RI Steering Committee, 7/13/2012

Ongoing Evaluation is driven by the Common Contract

• Infrastructure– NCQA Level 3– Nurse Case Manager on the team

• Quality measures– Six in 2011-12– Seven in 2012-13

• Patient experience– Communication, office staff and access

• Utilization– ER use and hospitalization

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CSI-RI: Building Infrastructure

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NCQA Level 3 Recognized (2011 Criteria)• Family Health and Sports Medicine (Cranston)• Hillside (Pawtucket)• University Medicine – Governor St. (Providence)• Coastal– Greenville (Smithfield)• Thundermist Health Center (Woonsocket)NCQA Level 3 Recognized (2008 Criteria)• Stuart Demirs, MD (Charlestown)• SCH Family Medicine (East Greenwich)• Memorial Hospital Family Care Center (Pawtucket) • Cesario, Kostrzewa, Maguire, Gonzalez (Wakefield) • Coastal Medical, Inc. (Wakefield) • Kristine Cunniff, MD (Wakefield) • South County Internal Medicine (Wakefield)• Thundermist of South County (Wakefield)• Blackstone Valley CHC, (Pawtucket and Central Falls)• East Bay Community Action Program (Newport) • University Family Medicine, (East Greenwich)*

Ongoing Measurement: Are we meeting the Triple Aim?

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Population Health:Setting Quality Benchmarks• In 2011-12, within our practices:– Patients with diabetes will:

• Control their sugar• Control their blood pressure• Control their LDL ( <100)

– Patient with coronary artery disease will:• Be treated properly

– Patients will be screened and treated for:• Depression• Tobacco use

– Patients will report high level of care in• Communication, Office Staff

Quality Report Card- 2012

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Green = Attained Target Value Yellow = Within 10% of Target Value Red = Not Attained Target Value

Measuring Patient Experience

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Raising the bar…

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And resetting the standards

• In 2012-13, within our practices:– Patients with diabetes will:

• Control their sugar• Control their blood pressure• Control their LDL ( <100)

– Patient with high blood pressure will:• Be controlled

– Patients will be screened and treated for:• Obesity• Tobacco use

– Patients will report high level of care in• Communication, Office Staff, Access to Care

Utilization as a proxy for cost

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Are we reducing costs? Health plans think so.

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of R.I. shows directional reduction (slowing) in inpatient admissions and cost trends at its PCMH sites.

• United Healthcare’s internal evaluation is directionally showing a reduction in inpatient admissions and cost trend.

National, state and internal business metrics are aligned.

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What about the patient?“I enrolled in the health plan's medical home option, and

selected this practice as our new provider. … We were surprised at the time the staff spent with each of us... We each left the office with a plan, and knew what we needed to do before the next visit. … Change isn't always easy. But I've had to get over my "too busy to take care of myself" mentality. … The patient-centered medical home required some thought, and some work, on my part. But this change has been the best decision of my life, and my family's lives as well.”

Diane @ http://3blmedia.com/theCSRfeed/Dont-Let-Name-Fool-You-My-Medical-Home-Experience

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The future of PCMH

“Why would anyone want to buy anything else?”

- Paul Grundy, IBM• Expanding the model in Rhode Island

– More practices– Benefit designs focused on PCMH– Preparing for the newly insured– Including pediatrics

• Building block of new systems of care– ACOs and integration with hospitals– Community Health Teams and public health

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