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 four basic categories:

Clinical information technology-focused initiatives

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

Condition-focused initiatives:

• Cardiac care (New in 2011)
• Chronic kidney disease
• Encouraging evidence-based utilization of hysterectomy (New in 2011)
• Encouraging evidence-based utilization of labor induction (New in 2011)
• Environmental cancer (New in 2011)
• Improve Oncology Practice performance through participation in the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Quality Oncology Practice Initiative™
• Michigan oncology clinical treatment pathways

Core clinical process-focused initiatives:

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

Improvement capacity initiatives:

For new physician organizations only.

• Establish analytics and reporting staff
• Establish process improvement teams

Service-focused initiatives:

• Emergency department utilization
• Increase the use of generic drugs
• Inpatient utilization
• Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative — MAQI2
• Radiology management

* These initiatives relate to Patient-Centered Medical Home.