Common use of Practice Facilitation Clause in Contracts

Practice Facilitation. Following recruitment, interviewing, and subsequent approval by the State’s Blueprint Assistant Director, the Grantee may hire a local practice facilitator. The State’s Blueprint leadership must interview and approve all hired facilitators. The Grantee will employ a Practice Facilitator (0.9 FTE) to coach approximately 8 to 10 primary care practices; the specific number of practices will be determined by the NCQA scoring schedule, the needs of the practices, and discussion between the State and the Grantee. Work will be tailored to helping each practice be successful in implementing and managing quality improvement initiatives (including NCQA- PCMH recognition); use of practice profiles and ACO data to improve care; effective use of information technology (IT) systems, such as registries and portals to improve patient care; integration of self- management support, shared decision making, and planned care visits; redefining roles and establishing team-based care; and seamlessly connecting with community resources and specialty referrals, such as with the CHT. The practice facilitator shall meet with each practice on a regular basis as negotiated with the practice and as approved by the State. The Grantee shall ensure that practice facilitation work includes: 1. Assisting practices with forming a functional multi-disciplinary quality improvement team. 2. Ensuring leadership involvement and communication. 3. Encouraging/fostering practice ownership and support for Continuous Quality Improvement to improve patient-centered care. 4. Initiating work with the practice team to incorporate a Model for Improvement (such as the PDSA [Plan- Do-Study-Act] cycle) and Clinical Microsystems Methodology into daily practice to improve care and measure change. 5. Ensuring that practices develop an action plan to prepare for NCQA scoring as outlined in the Scoring Timeline by the State; the timeline will include the development of a binder identifying the practice’s current state of readiness. 6. Supporting practice teams in the implementation of PDSA cycles, including use of practice profiles and ACO data, shared decision making, self-management support, panel management, or mental health and substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. 7. Supporting the incorporation of the Core, Extended, and Functional CHTs into practice workflow. 8. Participating in regular phone calls with the State (at least one biweekly), regularly scheduled meetings of the practice facilitators, and other ad-hoc conference calls, meetings, or trainings with State and other practice facilitators. 9. Encouraging innovative strategies for communication and learning between practices, such as learning collaboratives or online learning environments. 10. Participating in learning collaborative activities with assigned practices. 11. Leading or participating in the planning team for at least one (1) learning collaborative. 12. Support specialty practices to meet NCQA specialty practice recognition standards for the MAT initiative. 13. Mentoring and being mentored by a peer facilitator.

Practice Facilitation. Following recruitment, interviewing, and subsequent approval by the State’s Blueprint Assistant Director, the Grantee may hire a local practice facilitator. The State’s Blueprint leadership must interview and approve all hired facilitators. The Grantee will employ a Practice Facilitator (0.9 .75 FTE) to coach approximately 8 6 to 10 primary care practices; the specific number of practices will be determined by the NCQA scoring schedule, the needs of the practices, and discussion between the State and the Grantee. Work will be tailored to helping each practice be successful in implementing and managing quality improvement initiatives (including NCQA- PCMH recognition); use of practice profiles and ACO data to improve care; effective use of information technology (IT) systems, such as registries and portals to improve patient care; integration of self- management support, shared decision making, and planned care visits; redefining roles and establishing team-based care; and seamlessly connecting with community resources and specialty referrals, such as with the CHT. The practice facilitator shall meet with each practice on a regular basis as negotiated with the practice and as approved by the State. The Grantee shall ensure that practice facilitation work includes: 1. Assisting practices with forming a functional multi-disciplinary quality improvement team. 2. Ensuring leadership involvement and communication. 3. Encouraging/fostering practice ownership and support for Continuous Quality Improvement to improve patient-centered care. 4. Initiating work with the practice team to incorporate a Model for Improvement (such as the PDSA [Plan- Do-Study-Act] cycle) and Clinical Microsystems Methodology into daily practice to improve care and measure change. 5. Ensuring that practices develop an action plan to prepare for NCQA scoring as outlined in the Scoring Timeline by the State; the timeline will include the development of a binder identifying the practice’s current state of readiness. 6. Supporting practice teams in the implementation of PDSA cycles, including use of practice profiles and ACO data, shared decision making, self-management support, panel management, or mental health and substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. 7. Supporting the incorporation of the Core, Extended, and Functional CHTs into practice workflow. 8. Participating in regular phone calls with the State (at least one biweekly), regularly scheduled meetings of the practice facilitators, and other ad-hoc conference calls, meetings, or trainings with State and other practice facilitators. 9. Encouraging innovative strategies for communication and learning between practices, such as learning collaboratives or online learning environments. 10. Participating in learning collaborative activities with assigned practices. 11. Leading or participating in the planning team for at least one (1) learning collaborative. 12. Support specialty practices to meet NCQA specialty practice recognition standards for the MAT initiativeinitiative as needed or as requested. 13. Mentoring and being mentored by a peer facilitator.

Practice Facilitation. Following recruitment, interviewing, and subsequent approval by the State’s Blueprint Assistant Director, the Grantee may hire a local practice facilitator. The State’s Blueprint leadership must interview and approve all hired facilitators. The Grantee will employ a Practice Facilitator (0.9 1.0 FTE) to coach approximately 8 to 10 primary care practices/sites; the specific number of practices will be determined by the NCQA scoring schedule, the needs of the practices, and discussion between the State and the Grantee. In addition, the Grantee will employ a practice an advanced level Practice Facilitator at (0.5 to 0.75) during the grant period to lead, mentor and train the statewide network of practice facilitators. The Practice Facilitator and the advanced level practice Facilitator shall be staffed not to exceed 1.75 (FTE) during the grant period and or actual expenses shall not exceed the total budgeted amount for the facilitator line item. Work will be tailored to helping each practice be successful in implementing and managing quality improvement initiatives (including NCQA- NCQA-PCMH recognition); use of practice profiles and ACO data to improve care; effective use of information technology (IT) systems, such as registries and portals to improve patient care; integration of self- self-management support, shared decision making, and planned care visits; redefining roles and establishing team-based care; and seamlessly connecting with community resources and specialty referrals, such as with the CHT. The practice facilitator shall meet with each practice on a regular basis as negotiated with the practice and as approved by the State. The Grantee shall ensure that practice facilitation work includes: 1. Assisting practices with forming a functional multi-disciplinary quality improvement team. 2. Ensuring leadership involvement and communication. 3. Encouraging/fostering practice ownership and support for Continuous Quality Improvement to improve patient-centered care. 4. Initiating work with the practice team to incorporate a Model for Improvement (such as the PDSA [Plan- DoPlan-Do- Study-Act] cycle) and Clinical Microsystems Methodology into daily practice to improve care and measure change. 5. Ensuring that practices develop an action plan to prepare for NCQA scoring as outlined in the Scoring Timeline by the State; the timeline will include the development of a binder identifying the practice’s current state of readiness. 6. Supporting practice teams in the implementation of PDSA cycles, including use of practice profiles and ACO data, shared decision making, self-management support, panel management, or mental health and substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. 7. Supporting the incorporation of the Core, ExtendedExtended (including MAT providers), and Functional CHTs into practice workflow. 8. Participating in regular phone calls with the State (at least one biweekly), regularly scheduled meetings of the practice facilitators, and other ad-hoc conference calls, meetings, or trainings with State and other practice facilitators. 9. Encouraging innovative strategies for communication and learning between practices, such as learning collaboratives or online learning environments. 10. Participating in learning collaborative activities with assigned practices. 11. Leading or participating in the planning team for at least one (1) learning collaborative. 12. Support specialty practices to meet NCQA specialty practice recognition standards for the MAT initiative. 13. Mentoring and being mentored by a peer facilitator.

Practice Facilitation. Following recruitment, interviewing, and subsequent approval by the State’s Blueprint Assistant Associate Director, the Grantee may hire a local practice facilitator. The State’s Blueprint leadership must interview and approve all hired facilitators. The Grantee will employ a Practice Facilitator (0.9 0.75 FTE) to coach approximately 8 6 to 10 primary care practices; the specific number of practices will be determined by the NCQA scoring schedule, the needs of the practices, and discussion between the State and the Grantee. Work will be tailored to helping each practice be successful in implementing and managing quality improvement initiatives (including NCQA- NCQA PCMH recognition); use of practice profiles and ACO data to improve care; effective use of information technology (IT) systems, such as registries (Covisint DocSite) and portals to improve patient care; integration of self- self-management support, shared decision making, and planned care visits; redefining roles and establishing team-based care; and seamlessly connecting with community resources and specialty referrals, referrals (such as with the CHT). The practice facilitator shall meet with each practice on a regular basis as negotiated with the practice and as approved by the State. The Grantee shall ensure that practice facilitation work includes: 1. Assisting practices with forming a functional multi-disciplinary quality improvement team. 2. Ensuring leadership involvement and communication. 3. Encouraging/fostering practice ownership and support for Continuous Quality Improvement to improve patient-patient centered care. 4. Initiating work with the practice team to incorporate a Model for Improvement (such as the PDSA [Plan- Plan-Do-Study-Act] cycle) and Clinical Microsystems Methodology into daily practice to improve care and measure change. 5. Ensuring that practices develop an action plan to prepare for NCQA scoring as outlined in the Scoring Timeline by the State; the timeline will include the development of a binder identifying the practice’s current state of readiness. 6. Supporting practice teams in the implementation of PDSA cycles, including use of practice profiles and ACO data, shared decision making, self-management support, panel management, or mental health and substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. 7. Supporting the incorporation of the Core, Extended, and Functional CHTs into practice workflow. 8. Participating in regular phone calls with the State (at least one biweekly), regularly scheduled meetings of the practice facilitators, and other ad-hoc conference calls, meetings, or trainings with State and other practice facilitators. 9. Encouraging innovative strategies for communication and learning between practices, such as learning collaboratives or online learning environments. 10. Participating in learning collaborative activities with assigned practices. 11. Leading or participating in the planning team for at least one (1) learning collaborative. 12. Support specialty practices to meet NCQA specialty practice recognition standards for the MAT initiative. 13. Mentoring and being mentored by a peer facilitator.

Practice Facilitation. Following recruitment, interviewing, and subsequent approval by the State’s Blueprint Assistant Associate Director, the Grantee may hire a local practice facilitator. The State’s Blueprint leadership must interview and approve all hired facilitators. The Grantee will employ a Practice Facilitator (0.9 1.0 FTE) to coach approximately 8 to 10 primary care practices; the specific number of practices will be determined by the NCQA scoring schedule, the needs of the practices, and discussion between the State and the Grantee. Work will be tailored to helping each practice be successful in implementing and managing quality improvement initiatives (including NCQA- NCQA PCMH recognition); use of practice profiles and ACO data to improve care; effective use of information technology (IT) systems, such as registries (Covisint DocSite) and portals to improve patient care; integration of self- self-management support, shared decision making, and planned care visits; redefining roles and establishing team-based care; and seamlessly connecting with community resources and specialty referrals, referrals (such as with the CHT). The practice facilitator shall meet with each practice on a regular basis as negotiated with the practice and as approved by the State. The Grantee shall ensure that practice facilitation work includes: 1. Assisting practices with forming a functional multi-disciplinary quality improvement team. 2. Ensuring leadership involvement and communication. 3. Encouraging/fostering practice ownership and support for Continuous Quality Improvement to improve patient-patient centered care. 4. Initiating work with the practice team to incorporate a Model for Improvement (such as the PDSA [Plan- Plan-Do-Study-Act] cycle) and Clinical Microsystems Methodology into daily practice to improve care and measure change. 5. Ensuring that practices develop an action plan to prepare for NCQA scoring as outlined in the Scoring Timeline by the State; the timeline will include the development of a binder identifying the practice’s current state of readiness. 6. Supporting practice teams in the implementation of PDSA cycles, including use of practice profiles and ACO data, shared decision making, self-management support, panel management, or mental health and substance abuse treatment into clinical practice. 7. Supporting the incorporation of the Core, Extended, and Functional CHTs into practice workflow. 8. Participating in regular phone calls with the State (at least one biweekly), regularly scheduled meetings of the practice facilitators, and other ad-hoc conference calls, meetings, or trainings with State and other practice facilitators. 9. Encouraging innovative strategies for communication and learning between practices, such as learning collaboratives or online learning environments. 10. Participating in learning collaborative activities with assigned practices. 11. Leading or participating in the planning team for at least one (1) learning collaborative. 12. Support specialty practices to meet NCQA specialty practice recognition standards for the MAT initiative. 13. Mentoring and being mentored by a peer facilitator.