2. Executive Director, ACPM
Michael Barry, CAE
Executive Director, ACPM
Role of Preventive Medicine Physicians in Advancing CDC’s 6|18 Initiative
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

3. ABOUT ACPM
Only medical specialty organization focused on population health
Over 2500 physicians have commitment, training and interest at the intersection of three areas: health promotion, disease prevention and system-based care improvement
Members work in a variety of settings

4. Cooperative Agreement with CDC
Five-year cooperative agreement ( ) with CDC’s Office of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support
Capacity building activities that facilitate the integration of primary care and public health
Current Projects
Using CPT codes for falls prevention
Health systems transformation (6|18 initiative)
Prediabetes screening, testing and referral to a diabetes prevention program
Prostate cancer screening decision aids
Creating and Disseminating Lifestyle Medicine Modules for CDC’s WISEWOMAN providers
Zika-focused practicum rotation of preventive medicine residents in state and local health departments

5. ACPM Health Systems Transformation Task Force
M. Jacob Adams, MD, MPH
Daniel Blumenthal, MD, MPH, FACPM
Wendy E. Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, FACPM
Earl W. Ferguson, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP, FACPM
Tisha Johnson, MD, MPH
Carolyn Murray, MD, MPH, FACPM
Samar Muzaffar, MD, MPH
Michael D. Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM
F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD
Catherine Witkop, MD, MPH 

6. ACPM defines Health Systems Transformation (HST) as:
What is Health Systems Transformation?
ACPM defines Health Systems Transformation (HST) as:
Systems-based approaches to improving population, community and individual health by incorporating and addressing the determinants of health and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare
The definition was developed by the HST Task Force

7. What is the 6|18 initiative?
CDC partnering with health care purchasers, payers, and providers to improve health and control health care costs.
Targeting six common and costly health conditions – tobacco use, high blood pressure, healthcare-associated infections, asthma, unintended pregnancies, and diabetes…
…and 18 proven specific interventions that providers, payers and other stakeholders can use to achieve greatest health and cost impact.
Aligns evidence-based preventive practices with emerging value-based payment and delivery models.

8. 6|18 Initiative & Lifestyle Medicine
Current ACPM Resources:
Lifestyle Medicine Core Competencies Curriculum -
Modules Related to:
High Blood Pressure
Diabetes, Prediabetes, & Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
Smoking Cessation
For more info:

9. Today’s Concurrent Session
Overview of ACPM’s Health Systems Transformation project
Overview of CDC’s 6|18 initiative
Two examples of 6|18 initiative implementation
Role of providers in 6|18 initiative
HST resources and learning opportunities at ACPM

10. Learning Objectives
Describe the 6|18 initiative including the eighteen evidence-based interventions developed to address the six health conditions
Describe how the 6|18 initiative can be applied in a complex health system like the Military Health System
Describe how physicians can utilize evidence and collaborate with payers, public health and other stakeholders to align payment incentives and other improvement activities.
Identify the role of preventive medicine physicians in advancing the 6|18 initiative

11. Thank you. Questions? Visit www.acpm.org/hst Email mbarry@acpm.org