January 3, 2018 | East Hawaii IPA Weekly Alert – For Payment Transformation Providers
HMSA Payment Transformation
Quality Performance Incentive Payments – The handful of providers who met the incentive goals for one or more lines of business (Commercial, Akamai Advantage, Quest) will receive checks next week. Others may also qualify but we will wait until claims runout in the spring to finalize all payments. Please contact Susan Mochizuki if you have any questions at smochizuki@ehiipa.com.
Annual Provider Survey – Thank you to the providers who completed this before the new year! We hope the responses were positive so that the IPA can qualify for performance funding.
Ecosystem Referrals – All providers have completed this measure for the year! Congratulations and thank you!
KTA Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)KTA Pharmacy will offer a Diabetes Prevention Program beginning January 10, 2019. They are looking for patients with pre-diabetes who are willing to attend their year-long program. There is no referral required; all they need is their most recent A1c or fasting blood glucose test that shows they have pre-diabetes. During the program, patients will learn how to make necessary lifestyle changes to lower their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Contact KTA Pharmacy at 959-2888 to enroll your patients!
LIFT & BURN: Functional Fitness Studio OPEN HOUSE Looking for a new gym to join this year? Come visit the Lift & Burn Functional Fitness Studio with owner and trainer Sharif Moye at 761 Kanoelehua Ave., Unit #3, on Friday, January 11, Noon-5:30 PM. EHI members & staff who attend the open house will be entered in a drawing for gift cards and other prizes! From January 2-31, small group classes called “Foundations of Functional Movement,” will focus on resetting and perfecting motor patterns that will prepare you for more complex lifting and other fitness movements. Classes are M/W/F: 6:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 3:30 PM, 4:30 PM, and 5:30 PM, T/Th: 4:30 PM. Please contact sharif@liftandburn.com for more information or click here to register as a member. Hope to see you there!
Announcements:
KTA Diabetes Self-Management Education – Classes will be held on Saturdays from Jan. 5-19, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM at the IPA office. Please refer your diabetic patients to Jane at jbontuyan@ehiipa.com.
CMS Quality Payment Program WEBINAR – “Eligible Clinician eCQM Preventive Care and Screening Measures” – Tuesday, January 15, 1:00-2:00 PM EST (10 AM PST). Register here.
Beacon Health – PCP Referral for Behavioral Health Support – Beacon Health offers behavioral health services for HMSA patients. Attached is the referral form (here), the overview of services (here), and the WHO-5 Well-Being index tool (here).
