Empanelment

PCMH practices:

• Assign all patients to a provider panel and confirm assignments with providers and patients; review and update panel assignments on a regular basis.
• Assess practice supply and demand, and balance patient load accordingly.
• Use panel data and registries to proactively contact and track patients by disease status, risk status, self-management status, community and family need.

Empanelment Resources

Implementation Guides

• Empanelment Part 1: Establishing Patient-Provider Relationships (March 2010)
  At the heart of the PCMH Model is the relationship between patient, provider and care team. This implementation guide explains the purpose and process of empanelment and provides step-by-step directions for successful implementation in the safety net.
  Empanelment Part 1: Establishing Patient-Provider Relationships
   
• Empanelment Part 2: Assigning and Managing Panels in a Patient-Centered Medical Home (June 2011)
  Empanelment, the act of assigning individual patients to individual primary care providers (PCPs), is the key to achieving continuity of care. Empanelment Part 2: Assigning and Managing Panels in a Patient-Centered Medical Home offers step-by-step instructions that will allow a practice to do the work of assigning panels, make necessary job assignments to support empanelment and sustain the effort over time. This guide also includes interactive tools that will help practices understand their patient acuity and balance provider panels accordingly.
  Empanelment Part 2: Assigning and Managing Panels in a Patient-Centered Medical Home
   

Webinars

• Accommodating Part-Time Providers and Residents in the Medical Home (August 3, 2010)
  Moderator: Donna Daniel, PhD, Qualis Health
  Speakers: L. Gordon Moore, MD, Ideal Medical Practices; Rob Reid, MD, PhD, Group Health Research Institute; Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at the Group Health Research Institute
  Audio & video program
  Presentation slides
   
• Knowledge Building Session: Empanelment (October 1, 2009)
  Speaker: Amit Shah, MD, Multnomah County Health Department
  Audio program
  Presentation slides
   
• Primary Care Renewal Core Components: Change Packages (July 2009)
  Presentation slides