Improving Interdisciplinary Care and Education: A Proposal From the East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership (Eric Woods)
A summary of activities aimed at increasing interprofessional communication and creating a primary care medical home at East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership, the student-run, physician supervised free clinic of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - February 20, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Rural Health Clinic Readiness for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: Preparing for the Evolving Healthcare Marketplace
Discusses the results from a survey of Rural Health Clinics (RHC) that identified their capability to be eligible as a NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and examines the need for technical assistance and support of RHC in the development of the PCMH model. (Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Rural publications via the Rural Assistance Center - February 12, 2015 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Primary Problems Confront Primary Care
(MedPage Today) -- Too many patients, too few doctors: Is this the foundation for a patient-centered medical home? (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 10, 2015 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New Report Highlights Savings Achieved by Medical Homes
A new report on patient-centered medical homes notes their continued growth and the need for increased spending on primary care. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - February 9, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Opening a Direct-Pay Membership Medical Home
Alternatives to traditional fee-for-service practice come in all shapes and sizes. Here's one physician's unique approach. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - February 6, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Aubrey Westgate Tags: Healthcare Careers Operations Practice Models Physician Compensation Source Type: news
HMP Launches Groundbreaking Patient-Centered Medical Home National...
First official annual conference of National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home transformation process to be held in San Francisco, Fall 2015(PRWeb February 02, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/02/prweb12488968.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 3, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Becoming a Medical Home Can Boost Reimbursement
If your medical practice is not already recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, it may be time to jump on the bandwagon. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - February 2, 2015 Category: Practice Management Authors: Aubrey Westgate Tags: Fee Schedule Survey ACO Payers Practice Models Physician Compensation Source Type: news
Different Definitions Muddy Measures of Pediatric Medical HomesDifferent Definitions Muddy Measures of Pediatric Medical Homes
A study has found a gap between how parents measure the model and how a national quality committee determines successful transformations. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
PCMHs Improve Utilization, Cut Costs: Report
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers looked at 28 studies of patient-centered medical homes. (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 1, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Mixed Results for Obamacare Tests in Primary-Care InnovationMixed Results for Obamacare Tests in Primary-Care Innovation
Medical homes are a simple, compelling idea, but it’s not so easy in practice. Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
'Historic' Timeline Set for Basing Medicare Pay on 'Value''Historic' Timeline Set for Basing Medicare Pay on 'Value'
Alternative payment models such as medical homes will account for 30% of reimbursement by 2016 and 50% by 2018 in a plan to move Medicare away from fee-for-service. The AAFP is on board. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 26, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
How to Transform a Traditional Lecture-Based Family Medicine Curriculum to a Patient-Centered Medical Home Focused, Interactive, Skills-Based Clerkship Experience (Edwin W Dennard)
How to transform a traditional lecture based family medicine curriculum to a Patient Centered Medical Home focused, interactive, skills based clerkship experience (Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded)
Source: Family Medicine Digital Resources Library (FMDRL) Recently Uploaded - January 23, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Public, Private Help Smooth Transition to Medical Home
Rhode Island is one of nearly two dozen states where insurers and public entities have banded together to support the medical home model. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - January 21, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
National Medical Home Summit
The meeting will be held March 23-25, 2015 in Philadelphia PA. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - January 20, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Implementing the PCMH: Practice Facilitation
This toolkit was developed to assist in the creation of a practice facilitation program, as part of the patient-centered medical home. Practice facilitation improves the primary health care processes and outcomes by creating an ongoing, trusting relationship between an external facilitator and a primary care practice. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - January 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
