Michigan-based Primary Care Practices Being Recruited for Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP) Program

MPCC and AIAG are recruiting Michigan-based primary care medical practices to participate in the Michigan Improving Performance in Practice (IPIP)/Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) project. This state-based quality improvement initiative is funded in large part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and sponsored by the American Board of Medical Specialties. The program was developed in collaboration with the national primary care specialty societies to help physicians improve chronic disease and preventive care in the office-practice setting.

Participation Provides Benefits

• Assistance to practices in maximizing their Physician Group Incentive Program (PGIP) incentives and pay-for-performance (P4P) requirements.
• Increased efficiency in office processes.
• Improved care of chronically ill patients, as well as increased patient and staff satisfaction.
• Advance practices toward PCMH designation.
• Help physicians with Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and CME credit and others on the practice staff with continuing education credit.
Positive economic impact.

Michigan IPIP/PCMH is unique; it involves physicians from multiple specialty organizations, as well as government stakeholders. We engage improvement teams within the practice that will be coached by quality experts from industrial settings. The coaches have received special training in the health care culture and will assist the practice to implement improved processes. While the focus will initially be on the practice's diabetic and asthma patients, over time it will expand to apply to all patients. The service of the Quality Coach will be provided at no cost to your practice.

IPIP/PCMH Program Objectives

• Improve the patient experience in primary care, including engaging patients in self-management activities.
• Improve primary care quality and outcomes using collaborative activities, educational resources and coaching within the practice.
• Apply evidence-based guidelines consistently in care of patients.
• Use technology to improve practice processes, with an emphasis on use of the patient registry.
• Reduce waste in the medical practice, with the outcome of increasing clinician time with patients.
• Improve pay-for-performance metrics.
• Move practices toward the Patient Centered Medical Home concept.