Quality Initiative Changes

We hear you!  Thanks to your feedback, we’ve paired down the number of measures to relieve some of the burden on your clinics.

PQRS 46 – Everybody 

This is the quality measure that generated the most calls from clinics asking how to do it...so we’ve decided to remove it for this year.  Once  we have population healthcare software, it will be easier to enable medication reconciliation.

Timetable & Deadlines for Data

Here is a reminder of the EHP deadlines for establishing the data flow from your clinic to EHP:

By Aug. 1, you should have:

• All providers trained on using CPTII/HCPCS codes
• All providers have begun submitting CPTII/HCPCS codes on claims
• Participating provider is regularly reviewing quality data in the Dimensional Insight (DI) dashboard, or administrative personnel are reviewing and notifying provider of necessary follow-up.

Welcome to Our New Care Coordinator

Debi Jefferson

As part of our contract with Cigna, EHP needs to have a care coordinator to help identify patients who have the potential to become “high risk” due to uncontrolled chronic illness. 

The benefits of care coordination include:

• Improved patient outcomes
• Clinical initiatives and care gaps addressed
• Coordination and communication of care with payers
• Meeting payer quality initiatives and financial incentive goals

2014 Top Doctors Announced

Congratulations to the 93 EHP providers who've been recognized as 2014 Top Docs by area magazines. Twenty-two were selected by Seattle Magazine ("Sea") and 92 by Seattle Met ("SMet"). Twenty-one were recognized by both.

EHP in the News

Dorlandhealth.com reports on the creation of EHP. 

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Joint news release announcing the EHP/Cigna contract 

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US News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals”
US News & World Report names EvergreenHealth Medical Center the #2 best hospital in the entire Seattle metropolitan region, and the #3 best hospital in Washington state in the 2014-15 edition of its "Best Hospitals" rankings. 

Update on the “Share Your Appreciation” Campaign

Over the past several months, you may have noticed promotions online and in practices encouraging patients to share online reviews of their providers. We embarked on this project to celebrate EvergreenHealth physicians and to provide an important resource for the community. Today we want to provide an update on the campaign.

Have Your Completed Your Online Profile Questionnaire?

EvergreenHealth has been working on a project to improve the information in the provider profiles on the EvergreenHealth website, where prospective patients are most likely to search for providers. We want to make sure our profiles take advantage of best practice and make it easy for prospective patients to find an EvergreenHealth provider for their care. We are extending this initiative to update the profiles to all EHP participants.