Educational Events

Member Conference Call: CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative, October 18, 2011

• Audio Recording (MP3)

Scanning the Headlines

Scanning the Headlines is a resource designed to help you stay up-to-date with the latest information in the field. For information on obtaining print copies of articles, please call the AHA Resource Center at (312) 422-2050.

• Scanning the Headlines: Clinical Integration
• Scanning the Headlines: Care Management

Strategic Resources

• Definitions of "Disability": Current Federal Standards and Implications of Reform for Medicaid Coverage, Center for Healthcare Strategies, June 2005
• Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality of Care for Older Patients With Multiple Comorbid Diseases Implications for Pay for Performance, August 10, 2005
• Improving Chronic Illness Care, national program of the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
• Developing Health Plan Performance Standards and Measures for People with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions in Medi-Cal, Center for Healthcare Strategies National Grant Program, Start Date: May 2005
• Helping Patients Manage Their Chronic Conditions, June 2005
• Patient Self-Management Tools: An Overview, June 2005
• Using Telephone Support to Manage Chronic Disease, June 2005
• Improving Diabetes Efforts across Language and Literacy, November 2004

Screening and Assessment

• Assessment of Chronic Care Illness, IHI survey to assist health care organizations in assessing current levels of care based upon the six components of the Chronic Care Model

Information Technology

• ELINCS: Developing a National Lab Data Standard for EHRs, February 2005, California Healthcare Foundation
• California Community Clinics EHR Assessment and Readiness Project, November 2004

Disease Registries

• Chronic Disease Registries: A Product Review, May 2004, California Healthcare Foundation
• Using Computerized Registries in Chronic Disease Care, February 2004, California Healthcare Foundation
• Availability and Quality of Medical Group Data for Chronic Disease Registry Development, April 2003, California Healthcare Foundation