1. NYP/Q PPS PAC Meeting
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September 29, 2016

2. NYP/Q PPS PAC Meeting
DSRIP Updates
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3. Key Upcoming Dates for DSRIP
9/30: End of DY2, Q2
September
10/1: DY2, Q3 Begins
10/6: Midpoint Assessment by Independent Assessor (IA) of NYSDOH
October
11/18: Town Hall Meeting
November
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4. DSRIP Updates September Learning Symposium
The Department of Health hosted the Second Annual DSRIP Statewide Learning Symposium in Syracuse NY from Sep 20-22, 2016.
In keeping with DSRIP’s stated goal of restructuring the health care delivery system, the symposium focused on system transformation, clinical management and population health.
NYP/Queens PPS’s Partner, Brightpoint Health, presented our success story in MAX series.
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5. DSRIP Updates Midpoint Assessment
The Mid-Point Assessment is a required component of the DSRIP Program for all PPSs  
The Mid-Point Assessment will focus on the progress made by the PPSs through the end of the first quarter of DY2 towards establishing the necessary organizational foundation and towards the implementation of the project requirements consistent with the approved DSRIP Project Plan.
Verifying active engaged patients that were reported by the partners.
Audit on October 6, 2016
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6. DSRIP Updates 360 Survey
Independent Assessor (IA) conducted a 360 survey on a selected sample of PPS network partners; the intention was to obtain feedback on their experience working with the PPSs.
The survey included questions covering the following areas:
Governance/Leadership Participation
Project Implementation Planning and Execution
Funds Flow Performance for participation in DSRIP
PPS Communication to partners
360 Survey by partners completed on September 15, 2016
Expect feedback to be included in the report out of the midpoint assessment
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7. DSRIP Updates Financial Stress Test
All PPSs had to complete the Lead Financial Stability Test.
NYP/Queens PPS passed the financial stress test successfully and submitted on August 19, 2016.
NYP/Queens PPS is financially viable.
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8. DSRIP Updates Primary Care Plan
All PPSs are required to submit the primary care Plan to NYSDOH which addressed the following:
Current status of their primary care capacity
Plans for reaching primary care-specific project milestones
Progress toward primary care goals addressing areas of access, capacity, and quality
Submitted on August 31, 2016
Strategies to address gaps:
Expanding Primary Care Access at Behavioral Health Sites
Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Sites
Implementing Open Access to Primary Care Sites
Connection of Partners to IT Tools (RHIO & Population Health Management Tool)
Conducting Gap Assessment Periodically
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9. DSRIP Updates Network Re-Opening
NYSDOH had a network reopening window scheduled for all PPSs from Aug 8- Sep 8, 2016 to allow for PPS network additions only.
3 new partners added.
All partners will be engaged in Pediatric Asthma project.
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10. DSRIP Updates Medical Record Review
Independent vendor, Medical Review, appointed by NYSDOH conduct the quality review of 2 measures for every PPS
NYP/Queens 2 measures selected for record review
Depression Screening
Hypertension Control
Effective October 2016, Medical Review team will work directly with the providers to perform the sample pull and record reviews
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11. PPS Updates & Project Specific Highlights
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PPS Updates & Project Specific Highlights
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12. PPS Updates Quarterly Reports Submission
DY2, Q1 Report was successfully submitted on July 31, 2016
PPS received AV (Achievement Value) Scorecard for DY1, Q4 from the IA on June 30, 2016
NYP/Q PPS has received all the AVs to date
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13. PPS Updates Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program
A total of up to $195 million is available under this Request for Applications (RFA) to health care providers
A minimum of $30 million of this total amount is available for community-based health care providers
Priority given to projects that were not funded in whole or part, in response to the RFAs for the Capital Restructuring Financing Program (CRFP)
NYPQ grant submission: HIT Infrastructure project plan
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14. PPS Updates IT Updates Cureatr
On July 2016, the PPS kicked- off the Cureatr Integration project with 12 selected SNFs who are currently using the Sigmacare (EMR).
Integration with the Cureatr App will support care Transition Notifications and Secure Text Messaging.
The Cureatr App, was also launched and roll-out to PPS partners in June, 2016 to support data exchange including engaged patient count data.
10 out of 12 PPS Partner sites have been engaged by the vendor and IT (August 2016)
3 out of 12 PPS Partner sites have received a demo of the tool (August 2016)
Data Exchange agreement has been sent to 10 of 12 PPS Partners (August 2016)
Performance Logic
Project management application is set to go-live in December, 2016.
Partners will be trained on how to access and report project task status, using the application
– Training (November, 2016)
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15. PPS Updates Finance NYP/Queens Funds Flow
We have been distributing funds to partners bi-annually
To date, $458, have been distributed to the partners, which includes Community Based Organizations (CBOs) as well.
We will also distribute approximately 56k to the partners once we receive pending contracts, W9s and BAAs from them.
Total of $514, funds flow to partners
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16. PPS Updates Cardio Project
According to our Community Needs Assessment (CNA), NYP/Queens service area has a lot of patients with cardiovascular disease.
The goal of this project is to ensure clinical practices in the community and ambulatory care setting use evidence based strategies to improve management of cardiovascular disease.
Provided office visits to all the cardio project partners for support.
PMO team in process of analyzing network quality data.
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17. PPS Updates Pediatric Asthma Project
Ensure implementation of asthma self-management skills including home environmental trigger reduction, self-monitoring, medication use and medical follow-up to reduce avoidable ED and hospital care.
Site visits to all the asthma project partners for providing support and clarifying home assessment process
Challenges:
Getting buy-in from community providers to start referring
Training and education
Reporting enough patients to meet the DSRIP requirements
Mitigation Strategies:
3 new provider practices added to the PPS network
NYP/Q funded Asthma Coalition to start the School Based Education program
Initiated with 2 schools which has the potential to impact 947 children
Asthma Coalition and St. Mary’s team working with NYP/Q ED
team and educating them on referring eligible pediatric asthma
patients for home care assessment
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18. PPS Updates SNF Care Transition, INTERACT and Home Care Projects
Provide a supported transition period after a hospitalization to ensure discharge directions are understood and implemented for skilled nursing home patients at high risk of readmission, particularly those with cardiac, renal, diabetes, respiratory and/or psychiatric disorders.
Best practices from each partner organization presented at the committee meetings
INTERACT training dates scheduled for late October and early November
2-day INTERACT Training
Development of Root Cause Analysis workgroup- 2 RCA sessions since May 2016
Utilizing the RCA lessons learned to make local performance improvement changes to clinical operations in order to avoid ED utilization, admissions and readmissions.
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19. PPS Updates Palliative Care Project
Integration of palliative care into nursing homes, provide on site management of pain and symptoms and support the end of life goals of residents with advanced, life-limiting conditions.
Ongoing training on eMOLST
EPEC training offered courses and modules that the employees from long term care partners would be encouraged to complete
Union Plaza working on a pilot project for using Palliative Care Outcome scale (PCOS) on the palliative care patients to measure the improvement over time.
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20. PPS Updates Workforce/Cultural Competency and Health Literacy
Contracted with outside vendor, BDO, to perform workforce analysis for our PPS
and identify areas of workforce shortages
NYP/Q PPS has adopted Healthstream solutions as the vendor to facilitate online learning modules
The modules allow interactive learning and quiz which makes the training enjoyable!
NYP/Q PPS has four modules currently rolled out to partners:
DSRIP 101 Module
Cultural Competence - Background and benefits
Cultural Competence - Providing Culturally Competent Care
Health Literacy Module
Started the 2 week pilot program with 5 sites effective Monday, September 19, 2016
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21. PPS Updates Clinical Integration Updates
In progress:
Clinical Integration Strategy that outlines the following:
Clinical and other information for sharing
Data sharing systems and interoperability
A specific Care Transitions Strategy, including: hospital admission and discharge coordination; and care transitions and coordination and communication among primary care, mental health and substance use providers.
Population Health Roadmap that outlines the following:
IT Tools to facilitate alerts and registry
Data collection, population monitoring and stratification
Action plan to manage the patient population associated with the network of partners
PMO team in process of analyzing network quality data, specifically Asthma, Cardio & HIV
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22. NYP/Q PPS PAC Meeting
Next Steps
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23. Next Steps
All PPSs are in Measurement Year 3 where the focus is on Pay-for-Performance and not only Pay-for-Reporting
Build a Rapid Cycle Evaluation (RCE) Unit
utilize performance data reported by partners as well as data available by NYSDOH and other tools for quality improvement efforts.
develop a focused strategy will be developed to outline partners, data sources, process improvement strategies, follow- up methods for improvements, and risks associated by quality based outcomes.
PMO in process of building performance scorecards that will be distributed to partners on a regular basis and discuss intervention strategies for improvement
Adopt best practices from high performing partners and providers
Discuss with partners about their need for resources to perform
Work with partners for Medical Record Review
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24. NYP/Q PPS PAC Meeting
Questions?
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