Health Plan Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs)

Health plans are required to initiate a new quality improvement project each year, and projects typically have a life cycle of two to four years. Deadlines given by the health plans in the course of a project are necessary to stay in compliance with DHS requirements.

The original three MSHO Demonstration plans, Medica, Metropolitan Health Plan (MHP) and UCare, have been working collaboratively for nearly ten years on joint performance improvement projects. Since 2006, all eight of the health plans offering public programs products have worked together to develop and implement their performance improvement projects.   Past projects include efforts around heart failure, diabetes, depression, pneumococcal vaccination, and optimal medication management.

Stratis Health provides support and assistance to the health plans in developing, implementing, and evaluating each of these improvement initiatives.

Click here for a summary of current collaborative projects.

Resources for Care Coordinators and Providers

Blood Pressure Control for Members with Diabetes PIP

Provider Training Series

• Recorded Web seminar "Managing Blood Pressure to Goal in Adults with Diabetes" by Dr. Patrick J. O'Connor
• Recorded Web seminar "Promoting Accurate Measurement and Self Management of Blood Pressure" by Dr. KL Margolis
• Recorded Web seminar " Physician-Pharmacist Team Approach to Treating Hypertension in the Diabetic Patient" by Amanda Brummel, PharmD and Ruth Seabaugh, PharmD, BCPS

• Recorded Web seminar " Special Needs Population Seriously Mentally Ill Importance of Hypertension Management" by Dr. Michael A. Trangle

Care Coordinator Training February 2010

Recorded Web seminar "Managing BP to Goal in Adults with Diabetes" presented by Patrick J. O’Connor MD MPH Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation

Handouts

• Managing BP to Goal in Adults with Diabetes Patrick J. O’Connor MD MPH Senior Clinical Investigator, HealthPartners Research Foundation
• Blood Pressure Control for Members with Diabetes 2010 Performance Improvement Project (PIP)

Pneumococcal Vaccination (PPV)

Care Coordinator Training 2009

• Recorded Web seminar "MSHO PPV PIP: Project Summary July 2009 The Challenge Continues...Partnering with MIIC in the Fight Against Vaccine Preventable Disease" Presented by Linda Stevens, MDH, handouts
  
  

Other Resources

• "Pneumococcal and Polysaccharide Vaccination, What You Need to Know" Fact Sheet
• PPV Training presentation
• Recorded Web seminar "Pneumococcal Vaccination: MSHO Pneumococcal Performance Improvement Project" presented by Dr. Kristin L. Nichols, handouts
  
• MIIC Regional Contacts

New Member Utilization of Preventive Care

Care Coordinator Training March, 2009

• Agenda
• "Promoting Improved Primary Care for the Frail Elderly and Disabled Adults" presentation slides
• "New Member Utilization of Preventative Care" presentation slides
  

Other Resources

• Care Coordinator toolkit
• Men 50 Plus checklist
• Women 50 Plus checklist
• Men Any Age checklist
• Women Any Age checklist
• Adult timeline
• Staying Healthy at 50
• Preventive PIP Letter to Provider
  

Aspirin Therapy in Members with Ischemic Heart Disease and Diabetes

Care Coordinator Training, 2009

• DVD recordings of the training are available by contacting your health plan PIP representative. Materials from the training are available at the links below.
  • Agenda
  • Aspirin Refresher presentation
  • Keynote presentation by Dr. Kottke
  • Care Coordinator Q&A

Care Coordinator Training, March 2008

• Recorded Web seminar
• Keynote presentation: Dr. Thatcher
• Aspirin PIP presentation

Other Resources

• Aspirin Care Coordinator Toolkit
  Aspirin Professional Guidelines
  Sample Member Mailer download
  Frequently Asked Questions: Aspirin
  Sample Aspirin Informational Flyer

HPV Vaccination (Human Papilloma Virus)

Resources for Providers

• Letter to Providers
• Updated Immunization Guidelines
• Strategies for Fostering HPV Acceptance Clinical Study
• MDH HPV: What You Should Know fact sheet
• Updated MDH Preteen Vaccination Schedule
• HPV Provider Brochure

 

Calcium/Vitamin D Supplementation

Care Coordinator Training, February 2008

• Recorded Web seminar
• Calcium/Vitamin D PIP Collaborative presentation
• CDC Fall Prevention Booklet
• Frequently Asked Questions: Calcium/Vitamin D
  

Other Resources

• Letter to Pharmacists
• CaVitD Newsletter Article

Depression Screening in Long Term Care

Other Resources

• Resources for Depression in the Elderly
• MSHO Depression Performance Improvement Project
  

PIP News, A Newsletter for Care Coordinators and Other Stakeholders

• PIP News, 2009
• PIP News, 2008
• MSHO PIP News, 2007
• MSHO News, 2006

 

Contact information

For more information on how your organization and Stratis Health can work together, please contact Karla Weng, Program Manager, 952-853-8570 or kweng@stratishealth.org .