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Where Have We Been?
Where Are We Now?
Where Do We Go From Here?
By Ronda Kotelchuck
Executive Director
Primary Care Development Corporation
April 4, 2008
A Couple of Reminders
The Dual Agenda
• Universal coverage
• Health system reform
Who Delivers Primary Care to the Underserved?
5. Hospital outpatient departments (50%)
6. Private practitioners (35%)
7. Community health centers (15%)
A LookBack: Late 1980’s, Early 1990’s
• Community epidemics; overcrowded hospitals
• Growing consensus on critical lack of primary care
– Community Service Society Report
– Foundation Initiatives
– NYS Department of Health, NYC Health Planning Agency
– Advocates
– HHC Strategic Plan, the Mayor’s Initiative
• Creation of PCDC
– To expand primary care capacity by making available capital for new and
expanded facilities
– To assist providers in achieving new levels of excellence in access,
quality
The Mid1990’s to 2005
• Major shift in NYS health policy
– Deregulation; competition; belief in the market
– Managed care; the growth of primary care capacity
– Rate freezes for ambulatory care
• Deepening problems:
– The growth of chronic illness
– Rising costs with little evidence of impact
– Appalling disparities in health and health care
The Precursors
National:
• Growing evidence base for primary care and its impact on:
– Rising costs
– Health outcomes
– Health disparities
• Emergence of the PatientCentered Medical Home
(PCMH)
– Consensus of employers, payors, consumers, professional
associations; establishment of the National PCMH Collaborative
– Agreement on standards and measures
– Recognition program by NCQA
Precursors (Continued)
New York State
• The Concern with Cost:
– The Senate Task Force on Medicaid Costs
– The Governor’s Task Force on Medicaid
– The Berger Commission
• Formation of the Primary Care Coalition
• A new governor with a primary care agenda
Establishing the Primary Care Agenda
• Primary care capacity:
– Urban and rural communities still in need
2. A new model of primary care:
– Most primary care still reactive, episodic, lacks continuity, coordination
– Performing far below best practices
• Information technology (especially EHRs):
– Essential to providing quality care
– Expensive to acquire and operate, especially for safety net primary care providers
• Workforce:
– Young people ceasing to enter primary care
– Physicians fleeing NY’s underserved communities
• Primary care reimbursement (The most important)
– Historic underpayment
– Lack of financial resources, incentives for improvement
What Happened and Where Do We
Stand Today?
The significance of:
– The 200809 NYS health care budget, use of
HEALNY monies
– The consensus that produced it
The overview:
– Shift from inpatient to outpatient: $170M
– Primary care enhancements: $170M
The Score Card
1. Primary care reimbursement:
– Higher rates, new payment method for hospitals, DTCs (APGs)
– Increase in private practice rates (75% of Medicare)
• Primary care capacity:
– HEAL 6: $105M for primary care expansion
– Enhanced reimbursement for evening, weekend hours
3. Primary care workforce:
– Doctors Across NY:
• Physician Loan Repayment: $2M/year for recruits to underserved communities
($150,000 over 5 years)
• Physician Practice Support: $5M for physicians opening or joining practices in
underserved communities
• CommunityBased Ambulatory Care Training: $5M for resident/medical student
training in community sites
The Score Card (Continued)
1. New model of primary care:
– Diabetes and asthma educators for patient selfmanagement
– Mental health:
• Reimbursement for services by CSWs for children, adolescents,
pregnant women, in DTC settings
• Integration of primary care and mental health
– New quality standards for hospital outpatient departments
2. Health information technology:
– HEAL 5: $105M for health information exchange among
communitybased providers
– Supplemental Payments for DTCs serving Medicaid, uninsured
Where Do We Go From Here?
• Sea change, yet tentative, first steps
• Continued need for support, momentum,
vigilance
• The vision: the PatientCentered Medical
Home
For More Information, Contact:
• The Primary Care Development
Corporation
– Website: www.pcdcny.org
– Phone: (212) 4373917
– EMail: rkotelchuck@pcdcny.org
• The Primary Care Coalition
– Website: www.nyprimarycarehome.org
Listserv: email to rkotelchuck@pcdcny.org