TWO GLMS STAFF RECEIVE RECOGNITION
FROM NCQA TO ASSIST PRACTICES
With Patient Centered Medical Homes
(PCMH) and Patient Centered Specialty
Practices (PCSP) becoming more prevalent in the country, GLMS now has new
resources to assist members through the
complicated process. Jessica Williams
CHTS-PW, PCMH CCE, Director of Physician Education & Practice Support and Stephanie Woods CHTS-PW,
PCMH CCE, Sr. Advocacy Specialist, are newly recognized by the
National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) as PCMH Certified
Content Experts after having successfully completed NCQA’s rigorous
certification course and exam. “Certified NCQA Patient-Centered
Medical Home Content Experts receive thorough training and demonstrate in-depth knowledge to assist organizations applying for
NCQA PCMH Recognition,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane.
By becoming Certified Content Experts, GLMS has the expertise
to help both primary care and specialty practices transform their
practice through improvements in workflow and making technology
and data work for the practice. “It’s not about making a practice
conform to NCQA standards,” Williams stated. “It’s about how we
as Certified Content Experts can work with NCQA so they see what
the work practices are doing is patient-centered.”
GLMS is offering, on a first come first serve basis, the opportunity for
member practices* to receive a free practice workflow assessment
and PCMH/ PCSP gap-analysis (a $500 value.) Our new PCMH CCEs
will also be available on a fee-for-service basis if further assistance
is needed for:
yy Creation of PCMH policies and procedures
yy Staff coaching
yy Workflow redesign
yy Performance improvement planning
yy Assisting with the NCQA PCMH/PCSP Application process
For more information, please contact the GLMS Physician Education
& Practice Support Department at [email protected]
or 502-736-6354.
GLMS member practices are defined as having 75 percent or more
physicians as GLMS members.
*
Offering extensive evaluations for food,
inhalant, pet, and skin allergic illnesses.
Focusing on a systematic approach to food
intolerances with emphasis on gluten,
bladder, and bowel disorders.
C. Steven Smith, M.D, M.S., FAAAAI
Board Certified in Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, &
Pediatrics
1009B Dupont Square North
Louisville, KY 40207
502.895.3330
[email protected]
www.drsmithallergy.com
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