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Research
Aligning Forces For Quality - June 2014
When we began in early 2007, we didn’t have a charted course to follow or a well-marked roadmap that outlined all of the hills, valleys, skyline,...
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - June 2014
The DIAMOND (Depression Improvement Across Minnesota, Offering a New Direction) Initiative was pioneering work to change how care for patients with...
The Annals of Family Medicine - June 2014
Background: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of primary care is being implemented widely, although its effects on quality are unclear....
Pediatrics - May 2014
OBJECTIVES: Care coordination and the medical home may ensure access to specialty care. Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have higher...
PLOS ONE - May 2014
BACKGROUND: One major goal of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is to improve continuity of care between patients and providers and reduce the...
John A. Hartford Foundation - April 2014
A new survey commissioned by the John A. Hartford Foundation explores older Americans’ experiences with and attitudes toward aspects of team-based...
BMC Health Services Research - April 2014
Abstract:
Background
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patient-centered medical home model, Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), includes...
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice - March 2014
Objective: To compare costs and utilization for patients with diabetes enrolled in patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices and non-PCMH...
American Journal of Managed Care - March 2014
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has been advanced as a promising framework for transforming primary care. In 2007, the American Academy of...
Reach Healthcare Foundation - March 2014
The REACH Foundation’s interest in patient-centered medical care and the medical home movement stemmed directly from the foundation’s mission: To...
Center for Health Care Strategies - March 2014
The Affordable Care Act provides states with a significant opportunity to support care coordination and care management for individuals with complex ...
JAMA - February 2014
Importance Interventions to transform primary care practices into medical homes are increasingly common, but their effectiveness in improving...
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - February 2014
ABSTRACT
The Maryland Learning Collaborative together with the Maryland Multi-Payer Program transformed 52 medical practices into patient-centered...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association - February 2014
CareFirst
In its second year, CareFirst’s PCMH program has trimmed expected healthcare costs in 2012 for PCMH-covered members by 2.7 percent (...
The Commonwealth Fund - February 2014
Patients at a large primary care clinic that adopted the patient-centered medical home model, along with improvements in disease management and...
American Geriatrics Society - February 2014
Patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated care models are a focal point of healthcare reform. The patient-centered medical home (PCMH...
National Academy for State Health Policy - February 2014
Accurate and reliable quality measurement is increasingly important to federal and state payment strategies. A new generation of technical...
Physicians News Network - January 2014
The Pioneer Model program’s “Triple Aim” goal seeks to improve quality of care as well as the health of a population and to cut cost of care, which...
American Journal of Managed Care - January 2014
Objective: To examine changes in patient experience across key domains of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) following practice transformation...
MGM Resorts - January 2014
Ellis and Socha conducted extensive research that discovered the best health plans were based upon care that is directed by a primary care physician...
Minnesota Department of Health - January 2014
This report is the first of two legislatively mandated reports evaluating the Health Care Home initiative. It provides a preliminary evaluation of...
Cigna - December 2013
First-year results from Cigna's (NYSE:CI) collaborative accountable care initiative with Granite Healthcare Network (GHN), a partnership among five...
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield - December 2013
New results show that Monmouth County public employees are benefitting from a new wellness initiative designed by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of...
Health Services Research - November 2013
OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of Florida's Medicaid Demonstration 4 years post-implementation on per member per month (PMPM) Medicaid...
Annals of Family Medicine - November 2013
PURPOSE: We sought to assess patients’ ratings of patient-centered medical home (PCMH) attributes and overall quality of care within federally...
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services - November 2013
In 2009, the Nebraska Legislature, through enabling legislation, initiated the Nebraska Medical Home Pilot Program Act to be designed and implemented...
JAMA Internal Medicine - November 2013
ABSTRACT
Importance: The patient-centered medical home is advocated to reduce health care costs and improve the quality of care.
Objective: To...
Department of Mental Health and MO HealthNet - November 2013
Missouri's Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) authorizing the establshment of CMHC Healthcare Homes was approved in October 2011, and twenty-eight...
Blue Cross Blue Shield - November 2013
Highmark Inc. today released results from the company's Quality Blue Hospital Pay for Performance program that demonstrates clinical outcome...
Oregon Health Authority - November 2013
November 2013 Health System Transformation Quarterly Report
The report highlights statewide performance on key measurements, rates of health care...
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing - November 2013
Executive Summary
The Accountable Care Collaborative completed its second year of operations in June 2013. Program results continue to be positive in...
Oklahoma Health Care Authority - November 2013
SoonerCare is Oklahoma’s program for Medicaid beneficiaries; SoonerCare Choice is the managed care portion of SoonerCare. The program is administered...
Journal of Primary Care and Community Health - October 2013
ABSTRACT
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an integrated primary care delivery model particularly suited for patients with poor diabetes...
Population Health Management - September 2013
Abstract
This study evaluated the financial impact of integrating a systemic care management intervention program (Community Care of North Carolina...
United Healthcare Presentation - September 2013
Thirteen PCMH programs; five started in 2008/2009, others started in 2011 and 2012.
Eight multi-payer: NY, CT, MD, RI, OH, CO, TX, MO
Two single-...
American Journal of Medical Quality - September 2013
Abstract
Adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records is considered an essential step to improve the quality of health care. The authors...
JAMA Internal Medicine - September 2013
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is not a pill. It would be much easier to evaluate this primary care reform if it were.
In this issue of ...
Annals of Family Medicine - September 2013
Abstract
PURPOSE:
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model has great potential for optimizing the care of chronically ill patients, yet there...
Journal of the National Medical Association - August 2013
OBJECTIVE: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is marked by high utilization of medical services. The aim of this study was to determine whether having a...
Health Affairs - August 2013
ABSTRACT
Recurrent hospitalizations represent a substantial and often preventable human and financial burden in the United States. In 2008 North...
Cigna - August 2013
First-year results from Cigna's (NYSE: CI) collaborative accountable care initiative with The Jackson Clinic indicate that the program is showing...
July 2013
Integrating behavioral health and physical health care improves access to both primary care and behavioral health services. People with mental and...
Independence Blue Cross Blue Shield - July 2013
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) announces the results of a series of three-year studies that demonstrate significant reductions in medical costs for...
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative - July 2013
This summary provides an overview of evidence and results from medical home demonstrations taking place throughout the United States. The results are...
Partners HealthCare - July 2013
Partners HealthCare, one of just 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) in the nation, has successfully lowered health care cost growth...
SAMHSA - July 2013
Local substance abuse prevention coalitions that strive to keep their communities safe, health, and drug-free can play an important role in your...
The Commonwealth Fund - July 2013
Abstract
Patients who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health care report better health care experiences than less "...
American Journal of Managed Care - July 2013
Background: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated US health system to implement the patient-centered medical home. The...
Health Services Research - July 2013
OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between partial and incremental implementation of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model and measures...
Population Health Management - June 2013
ABSTRACT
Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) have the potential to improve patient experience of care. Since 2006, Geisinger Health System has...
