Benefits of Membership
By joining Phoenix Children’s Care Network, the only physician-led CIO in the state devoted exclusively to children, you’ll enjoy a variety of benefits. Membership is non-exclusive, meaning that you may still join other clinically integrated organizations, should you choose to. Our list of benefits includes:
Clinical
- Improved patient care
- Improved patient satisfaction
- Physician-defined standards of pediatric care
- Access to peers/specialists
- Enhanced educational resources
Strategic
- Only CIO devoted exclusively to children
- Ability to maintain relationships and participation in other providers’ CIOs
- Proactive approach to payer and governmental initiatives
- Access to updates on health care reform and its impact on pediatrics
Financial
- No capital investment required to participate
- Improved reimbursement linked to performance/outcomes
- Ability to contract jointly with payers for defined services/products
- Enhanced group purchasing opportunities resulting in lower practice costs
Operational
- Improved relationship with Phoenix Children’s Hospital/peers and better communication between and among members to benefit practice operations and the continuum of patient care
- Discounted practice management consulting services
- Physician recruitment assistance
Phoenix Children’s Hospital benefits
- Membership in Phoenix Children’s Medical Staff
- ID badge
- Remote Citrix access to patient medical records and new EMR
- Preferred Provider affiliation with Phoenix Children’s Hospital
- PCCN member signage for practice/office promoting affiliation
- Listing as a member in physician publications and on Phoenix Children’s websites
PCCN - Leaving health care decisions in the hands of physicians and their patients
CURRENT MODEL | PCCN MODEL |
|---|---|
Insurance risk with payer | Performance risk/reward |
Fight for share of revenue | Rational allocation of revenue |
Charge-based (FFS) | Value-based (performance = reward) |
Physician dominant | Physician/patient directed |
Get paid on quantity | Earn more for quality |
Encounter focused | Episode of care and patient-centric |
Split control and governance | Physician-championed governance |
Do more | Do the right thing at the right time |
Reactive patient engagement | Proactive intervention |
Clinical integration as a legal step | Clinical integration for efficiencies and improved outcomes |
Individual referral patterns | Referrals influenced by performance data and outcomes |
Limited use of clinical IT | Active engagement and utilization of clinical IT |
