Rural Health Clinic Practice Transformation Collaborative

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Rural Health Clinic Practice Transformation
Collaborative

• November 2013

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Goal

• Increase RHCs understanding and capacity to
  implement medical home and practice
  transformation principles
• Position RHCs to improve care and participate in
  payment reform initiatives
• Prepare RHCs for successfully meeting future
  requirement to report on quality data measures

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Collaboration

• CoOportunity Health
• Funding
• Iowa Primary Care Association
• Certified NCQA PCMH content expertise provide
  support and consulting to Telligen coaches
• Telligen
• NCQA trained coaches to deliver training
  technical assistance
• Manage day to day work of the Collaborative
• Iowa Association of Rural Health Clinics
• Recruit RHCs and champion the effort

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Strategy

• Cohort 1- up to 9 RHCs
• One-on-one guidance, 1-2 onsite meetings
• Regular teleconferences
• Tools and dashboard training
• Networking and sharing experiences
• Statewide learning session plus additional
  intensive consultative session
• Other items available to cohort 2
• Cohort 2 Available to all RHCs
• Monthly webinars, toolkits, self assessment
• Statewide learning session

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Metrics

• Bi-monthly report done by coaches
• Amount of TA provided
• Level of clinic engagement
• Degree of progress responsiveness
• Bi-monthly report done by RHCs
• Status of each change concept from RHC
  perspective
• Rate TA received (tools and coaches)
• Quality data measurement
• To be selected from recommended national measures
  for RHCs

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Timeline

• November 13th Informational Webinar for RHCs
• December Selection of Cohort 1
• April 2013 Statewide learning session plus
  additional intensive consultative session
  (coincide with IARHC spring meeting)
• December 2013 October 2014 Education and
  coaching Project ends
• December 2014 Final Project Report