• PSH Scholarship Participant Expectations & Application

  • Submit by March 21, 2018 for consideration.

  • FRAMEWORK FOR THE PSH LEARNING COLLABORATIVE 2020

    The collaborative will feature two participation options, a Core Collaborative and an Advanced Cohort, each designed to meet the specific needs of organizations in different stages of their transformation journey.  In addition, the Advanced Cohort members will have the ability to purchase the Bundles Payment Add-On Option which helps members assess their facility’s benefits and risks in participating in various bundle payment programs. The collaborative will begin on May 1, 2018 and run for two years.

    Option 1: CORE COLLABORATIVE – KEY ACTIVITIES & MEMBER EXPECTATIONS

    The Core Collaborative is designed for organizations that are in the early stages of transformation and therefore are primarily focused on learning, building capabilities and preparing for implementation.

    Key activities and services available to Core Collaborative participants will include:

    • National meetings (semi-annual)
    • Educational webinars (monthly)
    • Member sharing webinars (monthly)
    • Collaborative updates via email (biweekly)
    • Access to a clinical protocol repository (ongoing)
    • Access to implementation best practices and tools (ongoing)
    • Access to payment model resources and templates (ongoing)
    • Access to an Advanced Collaborative-Only section of the Collaboration Community
    • Coaching to help develop publication strategy

    In joining the Core Collaborative, participants will commit to:

    • Identifying an anesthesiologist champion and securing time for active participation
    • Identifying a surgeon champion and securing time for active participation
    • Identifying an administrative champion and securing time for active participation
    • Attending and actively participating in national meetings
    • Attending and actively participating in educational webinars
    • Attending and actively participating in member sharing/networking calls
    • Responding to requests for help and guidance from collaborative participants
    • Responding to requests for feedback and input from collaborative staff
    • Proactively sharing best business and clinical practices with collaborative participants and staff
    • Regularly reviewing resources available on the online PSH Community
    • Scholars are required to submit two scholar status reports to ASA (ASA will provide a report template)

    Option 2: ADVANCED COHORT – KEY ACTIVITIES & MEMBER EXPECTATIONS

    The Advanced Cohort is intended for organizations that are looking to optimize or expand their PSH pilot.

    Key activities and services available to Advanced Cohort participants will include all those offered to the Core Collaborative (see above), as well as the following additional features:

    - Focused performance optimization sprints and webinars (semi-annual)
    - Access to a separate section of the online collaboration community (ongoing)
    - Coaching to help develop members’ publication strategies
    - Coaching to help you prepare and monetize the PSH
    - Access to the economic impact of bundles participation analysis tool
    - Access to a dedicated staff member to provide support (up to 8 times per year)

    In joining the Advanced Cohort, participants commit to (in addition to the activities listed above):

    • Identifying a time for calls with collaborative staff and participating in the calls as a team
    • Actively participating in Advanced Cohort calls and meetings
    • Providing input on topic selection for the performance improvement sprints
    • Actively participating in performance improvement sprints
    • Scholars are required to submit two scholar status reports to ASA (ASA will provide a report template)

    Option 3: ADVANCED COHORT with BUNDLES PAYMENT ADD-ON OPTION

    Advanced Cohort participants have the exclusive opportunity to supplement that membership with the Bundles Payment Add-on offering that supports institutions entering or already participating in a bundle. This program will ensure success by providing organizational support to those participating in a voluntary/involuntary bundle.

    Bundles Payment Add-on: A NEW add-on offering that positions organizations for success and supports facilities as they participate in various private and public bundle programs. Participants can expect:

    • Support for evaluating which bundle(s) to enter; includes discussions regarding benefits, risk, program design and identification of opportunities across multiple episodes
    • Receive support including analytics, reporting, cost management, operations design, reconciliation support, and gain sharing guidance
    • Discover cost reduction opportunities compared to national top decile performance and collaborative benchmarks
     
  • Participant Application - Due Wednesday, March 21, 2018

    Complete each section of the application as completely as possible, including any necessary explanations.
  • Section 1: Overview (Required)

  • Organization


  • Payor mix (please provide percentage for each):

  • Primary Collaborative Contact


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  • EHR Systems


  • Prior Experience


  • In thinking about your two to three best quality improvement (QI) initiatives,

    QI initiative 1:

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  • QI initiative 2:

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  • QI initiative 3:

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  • Section 2: Organizational Capabilities

  • The following questions assess your institutions’ ability to create and implement a PSH pilot and/or expansion. Successful participation will also require support and resources drawn from beyond the immediate project team. Please indicate whether your organization has the following capabilities to support the initiative. If you answer no for any of the capabilities, please explain below.

  • Key Capabilities


  • If in one of CMS’ Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) markets, ability to collect data on a monthly basis for the quality metrics required – THA/TKA complication (NQF 1550) and HCAHPS survey (NQF 0116) measures, as well as THA/ TKA voluntary patient reported outcomes and limited risk variable data.

  • Change Management Skills


  • Section 3: Data Collection and Reporting Capabilities

    If you are applying for the Advanced Cohort, please indicate whether your organization will be willing and able to share the following data for your PSH patients. If you answer no for any of the metrics, please explain below.

  • Clinical & Safety Outcomes


  • Explain how you would determine the following:

  • Internal Efficiency Outcomes


  • Patient Centered Outcomes


  • Financial Outcomes


  • Section 4: PSH Pilot Program Information (optional for Core; required for Advanced)

    Please provide the following information as it relates to your existing PSH pilot(s). If you have not yet implemented a PSH program and are applying for the Advanced Cohort, please describe your implementation plan and timeline.

  • PSH Pilot(s)


  • Section 5: Scholarship Operations Success

  • Funding Opportunities


    Scholarships will be used to offset the organization’s membership cost of participating in the PSH Learning Collaborative 2020. 

  • PSH Plans


  • Champions and Key Team Members


    Successful participation in this collaborative will require commitment from anesthesiology, surgical, administrative, and IT champions, as well as project management and support staff.

  • Please provide contact info for key members of your PSH team.

    Anesthesiology Champion(s) (Required)

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  • Surgeon Champion(s) (Required)

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  • C-Suite Champion(s) (e.g., CMO, COO, CEO, CNO) (Required)

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  • IT Champion(s) (Optional, but encouraged)

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  • Project Manager (Optional, but encouraged)

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  • Additional Team Member  (Optional, but encouraged)

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  • If you would like to list additional team members, please submit them on a separate page and email to: PSH@asahq.org

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