PAST MCT2D EVENTS

Meetings

• February 12th (11am) and February 14th (2pm): Monthly PO Calls
• February 12th (12pm): First learning community event of 2024: Referral to Specialists. Dr. Mike Heung (nephrologist) and Dr. Jenny Iyengar (endocrinologist) Zoom Link

QI Focus Meetings

• February 15th: CGM, 11am-12pm
• February 20th: Medications, 2pm-3pm
• February 23rd: Low Carbohydrate Diet, 11am-12pm

Spring Regional Meetings

• Regional meeting registration will open the first week of February.
• Reminder: Your PO scorecard ensuring registration by your clinical champions three weeks prior to their meeting date is associated with 10 points. The first regional meeting takes place in Livonia on April 9th.


RECRUITMENT

• You will be able to nominate eligible PCP practices in the administrative portal later this month.
• Reminder: MCT2D is able to bring on 75 additional primary care practices. If we receive more nominees than that we will use the criteria shared in the January PO monthly call to determine how to prioritize onboarding.
• Recruitment will be open through April 19th, 2024. 
• MCT2D is planning on hosting a practice level introduction to MCT2D. We would encourage you to share the link to register with any sites that may be considering joining. We will also discuss other recruitment resources at the upcoming February PO calls.


REMINDERS & FYI

• In January, we distributed a list with contact information for other PO leadership working on the same QI focus initaitive. Please feel free to reach out to others to discuss their process changes or if you think you can share something helpful with them. 
• Quarterly data reports were distributed to each PO on January 19th. 
• The next MCT2D dashboard refresh will take place on 2/6/2024 and will have paid clinical and claims data through 11/30/2023.

• January 8 (11am) and January 10 (2pm): PO Monthly Calls.
• January 22^nd: PO Informational Session for NEW physician organizations who are considering joining MCT2D. As a participating PO, you do not need to attend.

• There are five months left in this VBR cycle.
• On December 28^th, reminder emails were sent letting PCP clinical champions and PO level contacts know about physicians who still need to meet the learning community requirements.
• On December 29^th, reminder emails were sent letting PCP clinical champions and PO level contacts know if they have not yet met the practice level learning community requirement.
• Reminder: Physicians are now able to access the MCT2D Admin Portal for their practice. We have had over 50 sign-ups so far. Please remind practices that they can gain access to the portal

• In mid-January, we will be confirming specialist VBR recipients for the next VBR cycle, set to begin on 3/1/2024. You will be able to view a list of the physicians that we will be submitting for VBR, and we will ask you to review and approve or submit edits to that list prior to our submission to BCBSM, in order to ensure accuracy.
• Due January 12^th:
  • Cohort 1 Endocrinologists (began participation in January 2022): Each individual physician needs to view the endocrinology clinical champion meeting recording and answer questions related to the content. Link is here
  • Cohort 2 Endocrinologists (began participation in January 2023): Each individual physician needs to complete a case summary. Link is here
• Cohort 1 Nephrologists (began participation in January 2022): Each individual physician needs to view the nephrology clinical champion meeting recording and answer questions related to the content. Link is here
• Cohort 2 Nephrologists (began participation in January 2023): Each individual physician needs to complete a case summary. Link is here

PO Information

PO Information:

• The final two fall regional meetings are taking place in Kalamazoo/Grey Wolf (November 7th) and Grand Rapids/Blue Gill (November 8th).
• The PO monthly calls this month are taking place on Wednesday, November 8th at 2pm and Monday, November 13that 11am.
• On November 17th, Dr. Dina Griauzde, a primary care physician board-certified in obesity treatment, will be giving a presentation on weight loss medications. Please share this with your practices, as this is a topic we get many questions about and there seems to be significant interest from the sites. CME is offered for attendance at the live session and learning community VBR is available for both the live and recorded sessions.

• There are multiple requirements coming up this month related to the Quality Initiative Focus VBR metrics
  • First, we are asking that you convene a meeting with your practice clinical champions to discuss the target rate and the process changes that each practice will implement.
  • Then, by November 15th, submit your target rate in the administrative portal.
  • Finally, by November 30th, submit the proposed process changes in the administrative portal as well.
• We will be scheduling the PO-level calls for each Quality Initiative focus for sometime in January. Invites will be sent out this month. The intent of these meetings is to share amongst POs who are working on the same focus.

• The nephrology clinical champion call is taking place on Thursday, November 16th at 5:30pm. Attendance at this virtual call from the clinical champion or a substitute nephrologist from the practice is required for the VBR.
• The endocrinology clinical champion call is taking place on Wednesday, November 29th at 5:30pm. Attendance at this virtual call from the clinical champion or a substitute endocrinologist from the practice is required for the VBR.
• Please remind year one endocrinology and nephrology sites that care coordination summaries and case summaries (respectively) are due on January 15th. This represents an extension from the previous due date as BCBSM has extended the timeline on when we need to submit specialists who have met the VBR requirements to them.
• For POs that are planning to enroll endocrinology practices and nephrology practices, all recruitment is due on Friday, November 3rd.

• The Patient Empowerment Toolkit announced at the regional meetings will go live on November 17th. Additional details will be shared with you and your practices regarding the bundle as we get closer to the launch date.

PO Monthly Call

PO MONTHLY DIGEST: October 2023

• Recruitment is open for specialist practices from 9/15/2023-11/3/2023. The Introduction to MCT2D for Nephrologists” recording is live at this link. Please send it to interested nephrology practices.
• We are hosting an endocrinology webinar on 10/10 at 5:30-6:30. Please encourage your potential endocrinology sites to register for the webinar. Here is the link to register: Endocrinology Webinar: Tuesday, October 10th, 5:30pm-6:30pm

• Ensure that all your clinical champions are registered for the regional meetings two weeks in advance of their individual meetings. We will send you a reminder three weeks in advance of the meeting if you still have unregistered sites, but these are viewable in the admin portal at any time.
• PO monthly calls are taking place on Monday, October 9 at 11am or Wednesday, October 11th at 2pm. Ryan Carpus, MCT2D Senior Web Developer, will be giving a walk through of the administrative portal. As usual, please plan to attend one of the two meetings. Attendance at the monthly call is part of your PO Scorecard.

• Plan to convene your first meeting of clinical champions based on the VBR requirements- we are asking that you meet with your clinical champions to discuss the QI focus and make plans for practice level changes. This meeting needs to occur by 11/15/2023 and a target must be entered into the admin portal by that date as well.

• The next PO Quarterly Reports will be distributed on 10/27. These new reports take into account the feedback and requests from the survey you completed.
• Stay tuned! The new MCT2D website will launch soon! If you have trouble locating any information, tools, or other resources, please reach out to our team.

Information to share with your participating sites:

• Remind clinical champions to register for the regional meetings. You will be able to view who has already registered in the administrative portal. Ensure that all of your clinical champions or substitute attendees are registered within two weeks of their meeting.
• Here is the link to the recording of the Patient Motivation learning community event that Dr. Gabison hosted in September. Physicians are able to meet their learning community requirement by attending a live event or watching a recording and completing the survey linked here.

October 2023 PO Monthly Call