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5/18/12 - 10 core measures to evaluate patient-centered medical homes

5/18/12 10 core measures to evaluate patient-centered medical homes

‎FierceHealthcare

The success of patient-centered medical homes should be based on the two ... set of standardized measures to evaluate the patient-centered medical home.

5/7/12 New Research Confirms Doctors Participating in Practice ...

5/7/12 New Research Confirms Doctors Participating in Practice ...

MarketWatch (press release)

The Patient-Centered Medical Home is an approach to providing comprehensive primary care and pilots are being supported by the Patient Centered Primary Care ...

4/24/12 - New Avalere study IDs 5 key practices that lead to successful ...

4/24/12 New Avalere study IDs 5 key practices that lead to successful ...

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Medical Xpress

Community health plans are improving how patients transition from ... such as a patient-centered medical home, rather than a stand-alone initiative.

4/11/12 Early Results Show Patient-Centered Medical Homes Drive Quality ...

4/11/12 Early Results Show Patient-Centered Medical Homes Drive Quality ...

EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

“The Patient-Centered Medical Home initiative emphasizes the role of accessible, effective primary care as the foundation of health care delivery.

4/3/12 Independence Blue Cross Rewards Cost-Effective, Patient-Centered ...

4/3/12 Independence Blue Cross Rewards Cost-Effective, Patient-Centered ...

MarketWatch (press release) ... primary care physicians for providing excellent, patient-centered care. ... Patients who are cared for in a medical home typically have more timely ...

3/22/12 - Experts disagree about value of 'medical home' programs

3/22/12 Experts disagree about value of 'medical home' programs

‎Bellingham Herald

A recent study published in The American Journal of Managed Care reports that only one of hundreds of peer-reviewed studies of patient-centered medical ...

3/20/12 Study Finds Higher Morale, Job Satisfaction Associated With PCMH Model

3/20/12 Study Finds Higher Morale, Job Satisfaction Associated With PCMH Model

AAFP News Now

By James Arvantes According to a recent study, practices that adopt the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care experience higher morale and job ...

3/12/12 SF Bay Area Medical Home Pilot Program Sees Positive Results

3/12/12 SF Bay Area Medical Home Pilot Program Sees Positive Results

California Healthline

San Francisco Bay Area's John Muir Health has seen positive results from a patient-centered medical home pilot program that aims to rein in the cost of ...

2/28/12 - Pregnancy medical homes gain momentum in North Carolina

2/28/12 Pregnancy medical homes gain momentum in North Carolina

‎ The Seattle Times

And this month, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a $43 ... occur for both mother and infant from any delivery earlier than 39 weeks.

2/28/12 CareFirst to give $8.5 million in grants to safety-net clinics

2/28/12 CareFirst to give $8.5 million in grants to safety-net clinics

Washington Post

The initiative expands on an approach known as the patient-centered medical home, which is being tested in dozens of public and private experiments across ...

2/20/12 Tool assessing how community health centers deliver 'medical home ...

2/20/12 Tool assessing how community health centers deliver 'medical home ...

UC Los Angeles

A crucial part of this is the implementation of what is known as the "patient-centered medical home model," which provides comprehensive, coordinated care ...

2/6/12 NJ Nurses Train to Coordinate Their Patients' Care

2/6/12 NJ Nurses Train to Coordinate Their Patients' Care

Patch.com

"I reach out to patients who have had a hospital discharge or an ... care coordinators since launching a patient-centered medical home pilot program more ...

2/6/12 Patients and Family Engagement Central Focus of Patient-Centered ...

2/6/12 Patients and Family Engagement Central Focus of Patient-Centered ...

PR Newswire (press release)-- In primary care practices across the nation, the patient-centered medical home continues to transform health care ...

1/18/12 Report: Medical home presents 'promising' model for complex patients

1/18/12 Report: Medical home presents 'promising' model for complex patients

Cardiovascular Business

Despite sometimes extreme differences among five patient-centered medical home-like healthcare organizations that researchers identified as promising models ...

1/12/12 - Report: Medical home employees have high morale, levels of job satisfaction

1/12/12 Report: Medical home employees have high morale, levels of job satisfaction

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) delivery model is expected to coordinate and improve the quality of care, but little research has investigated the effects of the PCMH on provider and support staff morale, according to a report published Jan. 9 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

1/9/12 - Health Care Use and Expenditures Associated With Access to the Medical Home for Children and Youth

1/9/12 Health Care Use and Expenditures Associated With Access to the Medical Home for Children and Youth

Romaire, Melissa A. PhD, MPH; Bell, Janice F. PhD, MPH, MN; Grossman, David C. MD, MPH

The pediatric medical home is an approach to the delivery of family-centered health care. Policy-makers and payers are interested in potential changes to health care utilization and expenditures under this model.

1/3/12 NCQA Approves Use of Phytel Solutions to Meet Medical Home Criteria

1/3/12 NCQA Approves Use of Phytel Solutions to Meet Medical Home Criteria

MarketWatch (press release)

"The patient-centered medical home is driving better, more affordable healthcare by improving the coordination of care and by fostering population health ...

12/28/11 - Medical home model reduces kids' doctor and ER visits

12/28/11 Medical home model reduces kids' doctor and ER visits

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Healthcare Finance News

The researchers used survey data on the health of more than 70000 children ... and that further disparities exist based on parental income levels and education.

12/22/11 BCBSRI: Patient-centered medical home pilot program a success

12/22/11 BCBSRI: Patient-centered medical home pilot program a success

Cardiovascular Business

A recently completed three-year pilot program intended to inform the design of a patient-centered medical home model yielded positive results, according to ...

11/28/11 Integrated Care Improves Mental Health Outcomes, Cuts Costs

11/28/11 Integrated Care Improves Mental Health Outcomes, Cuts Costs

Medscape - Sandra Yin

Through a health home initiative in Missouri that predates the Affordable Care Act's patient-centered medical home concept, community mental health centers ...