The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians hosted a meeting of the Ohio Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (OPCPCC) Workforce Learning Center on May 29.
The group continues to work on securing a fix to concerns expressed by Ohio’s medical schools relative to Choose Ohio First scholarship defaults. Language has been inserted into the state budget bill (House Bill (HB) 166) to correct the concern by adding language as follows: “The chancellor shall not hold a state university or college responsible for repayment to the department of higher education until the state university or college is able to obtain repayment from the student or if the state university or college has certified collection of the repayment to the attorney general and has sent a copy of the certification to the chancellor.”
- Chooses to pursue a discipline outside of family medicine, general internal medicine/pediatrics, general pediatrics, geriatrics, or nursing;
- Fail to complete three years in a primary care site accepting Medicaid recipients in Ohio immediately following completion of a residency program; or
- Fails, in the case of a medical college, to complete medical schooling.
HB 166 is currently being considered by the Ohio Senate. OPCPCC members will monitor to ensure that the language above stays in the bill.
- Complete the development and utilization of the Health Professional Data Warehouse for all health professions licensed in Ohio.
- Form a coalition to create a new version of primary care in Ohio. The coalition will address:
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- Training/curriculum at medical school and residency levels – align training of medical students and residents with advanced practice models of modern healthcare.
- Practice style revision – promote the spread of advanced primary care practice model in clinical practices
- Payment reform – pay for improved clinical outcomes, increased comprehensiveness, and population health management in primary care.
- Create the Ohio Graduate Medical Education Council to monitor the status, distribution, and needs for continuing medical education training across all disciplines statewide.
The next meeting of the OPCPCC will be held on Wednesday, October 30, and will again be hosted by the OAFP.