Health Center Controlled Network Presentation for Michigan Health Centers.

1. Michigan Primary Care Association:
Health Center Controlled Network
Health Center Controlled Network Funding
Opportunity: Member Discussion
July 26, 2012
www.mpca.net

2. HCCN Key Attributes
Economies of scale – group purchasing
power and shared resources, staff,
infrastructure, and training
Data and information expertise –
supporting quality measurement and
improvement
Diverse experiences – relationships with
multiple HIT/EHR products and the ability
to pool lessons learned across providers.

3. MPCA’s Network History
MPCA Health Information Technology
(HIT) Network
Michigan Quality Improvement Network
(MQIN)
Michigan Health Center MIS Network
(SIMIS)

4. Most Recent HCCN Opportunity
Provides grants to HCCNs to advance the
adoption and implementation of HIT and to
support quality improvement.
HRSA will award approximately $20 million to 25-
30 grantees for 2013-2105.
Eligible applicants:
HCCN majority controlled by CHCs
A Health Center applying on behalf of a HCCN
Proposals due by September 10, 2012

5. Annual Award Limitations

6. Program Requirement 1: Adoption
and Implementation
Due Diligence
Economies of Scale/Vendor Management
Pre-Implementation
Go Live
Post-Implementation/Ongoing Support

7. Program Requirement 2:
Meaningful Use
System Architecture
EHR Incentive Program Application
Ongoing Technical Support

8. Program Requirement 3: Quality
Improvement
HIT Enabled Use of Data for Quality
Improvement
Data Sharing and Information Exchange
Best Practices for System Use and System
Optimization
Use of Health IT for Practice Transformation
and Alignment with Health Care Landscape

9. MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT
PLEASE SEE SEPARATE MOA DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS

10. Network Responsibilities
 Be established to provide technical assistance to Network Members in
◦ Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption and implementation;
◦ Meaningful use of EHR;
◦ Quality improvements, including improvements in UDS measures and Patient
Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition.
 Establish an assessment and evaluation process relative to HIT adoption,
meaningful use status quality measures and PCMH status.
 Develop and disseminate templates and tools that will assist health
centers with developing new processes to maximize efficiencies.
 Maximize economies of scale through pooling of resources via shared
staff, group purchasing, shared training and vendor negotiation.
 Leverage an EHR's potential to improve quality and value of care through
customization, template building, and customization of reports.
 Establish staff leadership as to discharge the responsibilities of the work
plans of approved projects and define responsibilities of Network
Members.

11. Member Responsibilities
 Adopt and implement a (ONC-ATCB) certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system at all sites by
November 20, 2015.
 Complete necessary technical upgrades and workflow changes to meet applicable stages of meaningful
use requirements.
 Identify at least one Uniform Data System (UDS) clinical quality measure and improve beyond the
Healthy People 2020 goal level.
 Attain PCMH Recognition.
 Identify a designated “champion” within the health centers to address the three program
requirements.
 Participate in an initial and yearly MPCA HCCN assessment of HIT adoption, meaningful use status,
quality measures and PCMH status.
 Partner with the HCCN project staff to develop a customized work plan addressing the responsibilities
of the HCCN and a summary of the expected actions to be taken to address the unique needs of each
health center in each program area (adoption and implementation, meaningful use, and quality
improvement).
 Establish Health Center Controlled Network Board of Directors, membership policies and project work
groups to direct approved activities.
 Within 90 days of MPCA HCCN award, commit to specific HCCN activities with defined goals, objectives,
and timetables, as documented in each Health Center’s individualized work plan.
 Commit to maintaining the current level of quality of health services currently being provided to
patients served by participating health centers.
 Be held accountable by the MPCA Board of Directors to honor commitments and to act in an ethical
and equitable manner with all Network members, collaborators and colleagues, in compliance with
applicable laws regulations and policies.

12. HCCN MEMBER BASELINE
ASSESSMENT
PLEASE SEE SEPARATE ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS

13. Next Steps
Let MPCA know of your interest in being
part of the proposal ASAP (no later than
8/2/12) by emailing Lynda at
lmeade@mpca.net
Provide a signed copy of the MOA and
HCCN Baseline Assessment and sign the
participation verification sheet by
8/15/12.

14. Questions?
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