Ohio begins work with TransforMED on medical homes

COLUMBUS, OH – The State of Ohio has begun work with TransforMED to transform 50 primary care practices into patient-centered medical homes (PCMH). TransforMED is a nonprofit, wholly owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a national leader in medical home transformation.The Patient-Centered Primary Care initiative recently launched by the Ohio Department of Health has the potential to improve the lives of nearly 647,000 Ohioans by providing them access to PCMH primary care practices.In January, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Health Transformation (OHT), announced that Ohio will invest $1 million to help primary care practices around the state transition to a PCMH model of care and expand the number of PCMH practice sites in Ohio...