Care Coordination: Easy to Say, Harder to Make Real
(MedPage Today) -- Patient-centered medical home must extend beyond the PCP office (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - May 5, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
'Specialty medical home' seeks to provide patient-centered care for patients with inflammatory bowel diseases
(Wolters Kluwer Health) A specialty medical home -- providing expert medical care coordinated with attention to social support and mental health -- is a promising new approach to patient-centered, cost-effective care for patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, according to a special 'Future Directions' paper in the May issue of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, official journal of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - May 4, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
AAFP Joins Push to Include PCMH as Alternative Payment Model
The AAFP recently asked CMS to consider the patient-centered medical home an Alternative Payment Model. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - May 3, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Choosing a Business Model: Patient-Centered Medical HomesChoosing a Business Model: Patient-Centered Medical Homes
This second installment in a series exploring the various business models available to young physicians examines the important information you need about patient-centered medical homes. Medscape Med Students (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Med Students Expert Interview Source Type: news
A 3-Year Longitudinal Curriculum Designed to Teach Family Medicine Residents the Patient-Centered Medical Home (Fred Miser MD)
This presentation reviews our 3-year longitudinal curriculum used to teach our residents the essential components of the Patient Centered Medical Home. (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - May 2, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
FAQ: Medicare Lays Out Plans For Changing Doctors’ Pay
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes two new payment systems, MIPS (merit-based incentive payment system) and advanced APMs (alternative payment models). MIPS would evaluate value and quality of care using 4 performance categories to determine payment adjustment. Advanced APMs would center on coordinated, high-quality care such as centralized medical homes and other networks. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - May 2, 2016 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Why MACRA Is a Big Step Forward for Fee-for-Value Health Care
When Congress sent a "doc-fix" bill to the president's desk a year ago, the moment was hailed as a turning point, ending the perennial anxiety felt by providers in anticipation of Medicare's physician-payment updates.
Signed into law on April 16, 2015, the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act, or MACRA, repealed the sustainable growth rate, or SGR, an aspect of Medicare's payment structure that could have drastically cut payments to doctors and potentially limited access for Medicare beneficiaries.
But as celebrated as MACRA was at the time for ending the widely unpopular method of setting fees, the law's true im...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The PCMH Experience: Developing the Optimal Orientation Process (Lance Fuchs MD)
All Family Medicine residencies struggle with how to orient new residents in a thorough and efficient manner. Every program has to decide what topics to cover and how to present a large volume of new material in a short amount of time.
The Kaiser Permanente San Diego Family Medicine Residency has combined its orientation process with a four week Patient-Centered Medical Home clinical block rotation for our new intern classes during the past 4 years. The six new interns are together for their first 5-6 weeks of residency.
Our combined orientation and clinical experience improves bonding, sets a solid foundation in outpa...
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - April 17, 2016 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
From volume to value: How one health system is making the change
Across the nation, care models are shifting from volume to value-based care—and this means getting to the heart of every process within a medical practice. Learn how one of the largest federally qualified health centers in the nation is transitioning to a patient-centered, physician-friendly, interoperable health system.
Providing a continuum of care to underserved populations
ACCESS Health System operates 36 health centers across Chicago and Cook and DuPage counties. Their mission: “To provide outstanding preventive and primary health care, accessible to all in their own communities,” said Jairo Mejia, MD, chief...
Source: AMA Wire - April 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Select
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) is a CMS national advanced primary care medical home model that will begin in January 2017, instituting a five year program. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - April 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Illinois Cancer Specialists Announce First Oncology Intensive Medical Home Pilot in the State
Chicago (March 30, 2016) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) and Illinois Cancer Specialists (ICS), a practice in The US Oncology Network, announce the first oncology intensive medical home (IMH) pilot program in Illinois. The overall goal of the oncology IMH is to provide coordinated,... (Source: McKesson News)
Source: McKesson News - March 30, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Inside Arkansas' Options for Managed Care in Medicaid (Erika Gee Commentary)
As I suggested in my preview, last week’s meeting of the Health Care Reform Legislative Task Force brought some clarity and public focus to the previously quiet discussion on managed care in Arkansas. Although there is presently no consensus on what type of reform to adopt, the task force made it clear that we can expect some type of managed care for Arkansas’ traditional Medicaid population.
Notably, the discussion and votes from the members of the task force highlighted the extent of the conflict over the type of managed care under consideration.
After some unsuccessful wrangling over voting procedures,...
Source: Arkansas Business - Health Care - March 16, 2016 Category: American Health Source Type: news
How med ed transformations are benefiting students at Mayo
A Spotlight on Innovation post with Ben Mundell, first-year student at Mayo Medical School.
AMA Wire®: You’re part of the first medical class to participate in Mayo Medical School’s new educational opportunities for providing value-driven care, which have stemmed from the school’s participation in the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium. What do you think are the benefits of this new approach to your training?
Mundell: Being exposed to team-based care at Mayo, both in the classroom and the clinical setting, not only provides more time to prepare for practicing in this setting, but also he...
Source: AMA Wire - March 11, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Amy Farouk Source Type: news
Why MACRA matters for your practice
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) eliminated the notorious sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula last year, but what will the new MACRA payment policies mean for your practice? Three experts offered answers to this question and detailed what physicians can do now to shape these changes themselves.
Harold D. Miller speaks to physicians at the 2016 AMA National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C.
Payment changes coming under MACRA
“While we are thrilled that Congress finally did away with SGR, it is very important that we take a...
Source: AMA Wire - March 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Troy Parks Source Type: news
