Breakfast of Champions Meeting - PCP/Specialist Forum

CTC-RI had 63 participants join us in September to explore enhancing collaboration between primary care and specialists in RI. Paul Larson, MD, MBA, Lifespan Chief of Primary Care, and Joseph Diaz, MD, MPH, Care New England Chief Health Equity Officer shared strategies deployed at each system of care that helped make this project successful. Integra Specialists Kevin E. Baill, MD (Psych) & Teresa Slomka, MD (Cardiology), along with Lifespan's Emily Rowland, MD (Psych) & Marilyn J. Weigner, MD (Cardiology) highlighted their experiences with e-consults/e-referrals. Discussion included how this successful e-consults and e-referrals program is now covered by most payers and efforts to improve PCP/specialist alignment that increase high-value visits and reduced costs. A second discussion, led by Marty Kerzer, MD, CharterCARE Physician Group RI and Cathleen Newman, Blue Cross Blue Shield of RI (BCBSRI), involved work being done at Prospect CharterCARE based on their global capitation arrangements with BCBSRI which includes a gainshare arrangement with specialists. Addressing practice variation among same specialty groups is a big part of this effort. Another PCP/Specialist Forum, to continue the collaboration, is being considered for early 2025.

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