1. Empanelment and Milestone 8

2. Milestone 8
Practice uses a data-driven approach to assign patients to a provider panel and confirms assignments with providers and patients. Practice reviews and updates panel assignments on a regular basis.
Practice does not consistently assign patients to a provider panel or has no way to track the assignments in the PM or EHR systems.
Practice has an approach to assign patients to a provider panel but not all patients have been assigned and their assignment confirmed.
Practice has assigned patients to a provider panel according to its defined method and confirms the assignments as patients are scheduled and seen. Practice is not reviewing and updating panel assignments on a regular basis.
Practice has assigned all patients to a provider panel and confirmed the assignments with providers and patients. Practice reviews and updates panel assignments on a regular basis.

3. What is Empanelment?
“Empanelment is the act of assigning each patient to a primary care provider who, with support from a care team, assumes responsibility for coordinating comprehensive services for his/her panel of patients. Empanelment is a methodology to ensure continuity of care for a practice’s patient population.”
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4. Empanelment Can promote improved outcomes and experience
A tactic to promote continuity
A foundational concept of population management
More than just a “PCP field”
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5. Basic Approach Take a practice-wide view: Drill down into panels:
Update/clean practice/clinician panels
Determine target panel sizes per clinician/team
Assign patients to clinicians (Four cut method)
Drill down into panels:
Compare actual panel size to targets (supply vs. demand)
Manage mismatch, understanding dynamic nature of panels
Ongoing Panel Maintenance
Role of the “panel manager”
Optimize team-based practice
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6. Good Resources:
Safety Net Medical Home – Empanelment Implementation Guide
5 Part Webinar on Empanelment