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Physician Group Incentive Program (PGIP)

What is an initiative?

A PGIP initiative is a selected program component designed to improve multiple aspects of health care in a variety of different settings. Initiatives are chosen by each physician organization to help facilitate improvement opportunities throughout the health system.

Current initiatives

Current initiatives are organized into five basic categories:

Improvement capacity initiatives:

For new physician organizations only.

• Establish process improvement teams
• Establish analytics and reporting staff

Condition-focused initiatives:

• Improve oncology practice performance through participation in the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Quality Oncology Practice Initiative™
• Chronic kidney disease  (New in 2010)
• Michigan Oncology Clinical Treatment Pathways (New in 2010)
• End stage renal disease  (New in 2010)

Service-focused initiatives:

• Increase the use of generic drugs
• Radiology management
• ED utilization
• Inpatient utilization
• Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative — MAQI2 (New in 2010)

Core clinical process-focused initiatives:

• Evidence-based care tracking to reduce gaps in care
• Performance reporting*
• Patient-provider partnership*
• Extended access*
• Individual care management*
• Test tracking and follow-up*
• Lean clinical reengineering for PCMH CQI
• Coordination of care*
• Preventive services*
• Specialist referral process*
• Linkage to community services*
• Self-management support
• Transitions of care (New in 2010)

Clinical information technology-focused initiatives

• Accelerating the adoption and use of electronic prescribing
• Patient registry*
• Patient portal*

* These initiatives relate to Patient-Centered Medical Home.

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