First STEPS Practices Awarded Second Round of Incentives for Improving Immunization Rates

Congratulations to the many practice teams who received incentives for meeting or exceeding the First STEPS immunization targets for December 2011-January 2012.

At the February 10th First STEPS Learning Session, the First STEPS Leadership Team distributed a second round of incentives to practices and staff that achieved documented improvement in immunization processes and outcome measures during the second two months of Phase I of the First STEPS collaborative. The incentives are intended for use in honoring the practice staff for their hard work in meeting or exceeding in the various measurement areas.

The First STEPS team would like to thank the statewide MaineHealth Childhood Immunization Task Force for providing a grant to Maine Quality Counts to use to provide these incentives to practices to support their work to improve immunization rates during Phase 1 of the First STEPS collaborative.

To find out more about the incentives and who received the incentives

Incentive money was awarded to the following practices (1 of 2 $10.00 and 2 of 2 $20.00 assessed monthly and distributed bi-monthly):

Recall and Reminder Process Improvement Work--Establish Reminder/Recall system and send out at least 20 reminders (via phone, postcard, letter) per month (for December 2011 & January 2012)

• Kennebec Pediatrics
• MMC Family Medicine Center Falmouth
• MMC Family Medicine Center Portland
• MMP Portland Pediatrics
• Pen Bay Pediatrics
• Penobscot Pediatrics PCHC
• Winthrop Pediatrics

Recall and Reminder Process Improvement Work-Update or MOGE at least 20 patients per month in ImmPact2 or in the EMR/chart system (for December 2011 & January 2012)

• Husson Pediatrics
• Kennebec Pediatrics
• MMC Family Medicine Center Falmouth
• MMP South Portland Pediatrics
• Pen Bay Pediatrics
• Penobscot Pediatrics PCHC
• Waterville Pediatrics
Winthrop Pediatrics

Outpatient Practice Immunization Measure Performance--Outcome measure incentives: 8 of 13 $20.00 and 13 of 13 $40.00 (December 2011-January 2012)

• Bowdoin Medical Group
• Bridgton Pediatrics
• CMMC Pediatrics
• EMMC Family Medicine
• EMMC Husson Pediatrics
• Kennebec Pediatrics
• MMC Family Medicine Center-Falmouth
• MMP Portland Pediatrics
• MMP South Portland Pediatrics
• Pen Bay Pediatrics
• Penobscot Pediatrics PCHC
• Waaterville Pediatrics PCHC
• Western Maine Pediatrics
• Winthrop Pediatrics