PCMH Northeastern PA Learning Session - November 9, 2022

November 9, 2022

The Learning Session will assist all the members of the health care team to understand how they all have input in the workflow surrounding suicide risk assessments and connecting to Special Needs Units. We will also provide more information to the PCMH participants about the Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program and how that can assist them to improve patient outcomes this will also include an update on the new behavioral health and substance use information sharing laws.

Agenda:
8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – Welcome – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) – Review the key takeaways from the spring and summer sessions relating to suicide risk assessment tools, SNU and ICP collaboration, and 988 (including an update on the current status of 988 in PA).


8:40 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – PCMH Report Outs: Suicide Risk Assessment, 988, and SNU and ICP Collaboration – Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, PRHI
Each PCMH reports out on one of the following topics:

• Suicide Risk Assessment: 

o In response to the spring presentation about suicide risk assessments, what changes to your suicide risk assessment process are you considering?
o If you are already using a validated suicide risk assessment (beyond depression screens like the PHQ-9), how is this assessment part of your PCMH’s workflow? What best practices or lessons learned would you recommend to other PCMHs?

• 988

o If your patients or PCMH have called 988 (the new number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) what was your experience?

• PCMH Collaborations with SNUs and ICPs

o In response to the summer sessions about improving collaborations with the SNUs and ICPs, what best practices or information did you bring back to your PCMH team? What changes is your team considering or testing?


9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Sharing Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug (AOD) Information between Behavioral and Physical Health Providers –A subject matter expert reviews the current federal and state information sharing laws and regulations, including PA Act 32 (P.L. 428) and Act 33 (P.L. 430) signed into law in July 2022 
(https://www.ddap.pa.gov/Pages/SUD-Confidentiality.aspx). 

A panel with MCO and PCMH representatives discusses the implications from their perspectives. 

10:15 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. - Break

10:25 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. – Breakouts: Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program (TiPS) & Integrated Care Plan (ICP) Program

The pediatric PCMHs will go to the TiPS breakout, and the PCMHs that primarily care for adults will go to the ICP breakout. The Behavioral Health MCOs will also be invited to go to the ICP breakout. 

The TiPS breakout will be led by the regional TiPS team and a PCMH that frequently consults with TiPS. This breakout will focus on:

• how to educate PCMH providers about TiPS
• how to incorporate TiPS into their workflows 
• the impact on providers and patients
• facilitators and barriers to using TiPSThe ICP breakout will focus on:
• Remind participants what an ICP plan looks like and the purpose/benefits of the ICP plan
• Reflect back on the barriers and emerging countermeasures/ideas from the summer sessions, offering examples of what an improved PCMH-MCO communication plan/process could look like (i.e., different target conditions of the ideal ICP process and communication plan between the MCOs and PCMHs)
• Foreshadow that the ICP may be available through a care management module for PCMHs connected to a P3N-certified HIE in early 2023
• Continue the discussion to further refine the improvements for how PCMHs receive and use ICPs with MCOs to coordinate physical, behavioral, and social services for adult patients with SMI from the patient’s perspective

11:25 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Wrap Up – Pauline Taylor, Program Specialist, PRHI

Target Audience

Nurse

Physician

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Discuss examples of how PCMHs are screening for suicide risk, using 988, and collaborating with the HealthChoices Managed Care Organizations’ Special Needs Units and Integrated Care Plan Program
Describe how to share mental health and alcohol and other drug information between treating providers
Describe how to incorporate the TiPS program into PCMH providers’ workflows
Discuss examples of how to improve MCO-PCMH processes and communication plans for receiving and using Integrated Care Plans to improve care coordination for individuals with serious mental illness

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 3.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 3.00 ASWB
  • 3.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
11/09/2022
Course expires: 
02/28/2023
Event starts: 
11/09/2022 - 8:30am EST
Event ends: 
11/09/2022 - 4:00pm EST

The Learning Session will assist all the members of the health care team to understand how they all have input in the workflow surrounding suicide risk assessments and connecting to Special Needs Units. We will also provide more information to the PCMH participants about the Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program and how that can assist them to improve patient outcomes this will also include an update on the new behavioral health and substance use information sharing laws.

Agenda:
8:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. – Welcome – Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) – Review the key takeaways from the spring and summer sessions relating to suicide risk assessment tools, SNU and ICP collaboration, and 988 (including an update on the current status of 988 in PA).


8:40 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – PCMH Report Outs: Suicide Risk Assessment, 988, and SNU and ICP Collaboration – Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, PRHI
Each PCMH reports out on one of the following topics:

• Suicide Risk Assessment: 

o In response to the spring presentation about suicide risk assessments, what changes to your suicide risk assessment process are you considering?
o If you are already using a validated suicide risk assessment (beyond depression screens like the PHQ-9), how is this assessment part of your PCMH’s workflow? What best practices or lessons learned would you recommend to other PCMHs?

• 988

o If your patients or PCMH have called 988 (the new number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) what was your experience?

• PCMH Collaborations with SNUs and ICPs

o In response to the summer sessions about improving collaborations with the SNUs and ICPs, what best practices or information did you bring back to your PCMH team? What changes is your team considering or testing?


9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Sharing Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug (AOD) Information between Behavioral and Physical Health Providers –A subject matter expert reviews the current federal and state information sharing laws and regulations, including PA Act 32 (P.L. 428) and Act 33 (P.L. 430) signed into law in July 2022 
(https://www.ddap.pa.gov/Pages/SUD-Confidentiality.aspx). 

A panel with MCO and PCMH representatives discusses the implications from their perspectives. 

10:15 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. - Break

10:25 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. – Breakouts: Telephonic Psychiatric Consultation Service Program (TiPS) & Integrated Care Plan (ICP) Program

The pediatric PCMHs will go to the TiPS breakout, and the PCMHs that primarily care for adults will go to the ICP breakout. The Behavioral Health MCOs will also be invited to go to the ICP breakout. 

The TiPS breakout will be led by the regional TiPS team and a PCMH that frequently consults with TiPS. This breakout will focus on:

• how to educate PCMH providers about TiPS
• how to incorporate TiPS into their workflows 
• the impact on providers and patients
• facilitators and barriers to using TiPSThe ICP breakout will focus on:
• Remind participants what an ICP plan looks like and the purpose/benefits of the ICP plan
• Reflect back on the barriers and emerging countermeasures/ideas from the summer sessions, offering examples of what an improved PCMH-MCO communication plan/process could look like (i.e., different target conditions of the ideal ICP process and communication plan between the MCOs and PCMHs)
• Foreshadow that the ICP may be available through a care management module for PCMHs connected to a P3N-certified HIE in early 2023
• Continue the discussion to further refine the improvements for how PCMHs receive and use ICPs with MCOs to coordinate physical, behavioral, and social services for adult patients with SMI from the patient’s perspective

11:25 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – Wrap Up – Pauline Taylor, Program Specialist, PRHI

 

Zoom Meeting
Pittsburgh, PA
United States

Robert Ferguson, MPH, Chief Policy Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI)  

Pauline Taylor, CQIA, Program Specialist, PRHI

 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 3.0 continuing education credits.

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.0 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 3.0 contact hours.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 3.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 3.00 ASWB
  • 3.00 Attendance
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