Primary Care Medical Home - Ambulatory Pre-Conference - 11/7Date: 11/7/2012Time: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Location:Doubletree Hotel Oak Brook1909 Spring Rd.Oak Brook, IL 60523United States The Joint Commission and Joint Commission Resources2012 Annual Ambulatory Care Conference Preconference SessionThe Joint Commission’s Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) Certification OptionBack By Popular Demand!
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Primary care has been grasping for a voice in the conversation. It’s silenced in medical schools. It’s ostracized in society. It’s undervalued by the financial powers that be and our system of health care payment. What does primary care WANT to say? What does primary care NEED to say at this historic moment? Primary care needs a voice – it needs your voice. What should the media, the health care system, payers, Congress, medical educators know about the true value of primary care?
Manhasset, N.Y.-based Beacon Health Partners, an independent physician association made up of 90 independent physician practices throughout New York, began moving toward forming an ACO in 2010, shortly after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act first passed. The IPA was officially added as a Medicare Shared Savings accountable care organization in July of this year. This month, Beacon took another step to offer patients the most coordinated, dedicated care possible — it began the process to turn 60 of its independent physician offices into patient-centered medical homes.
Check out these health system vital signs: Fewer hospital admissions. Emergency room visits down significantly. Better diabetes control and coronary artery disease management. By combining sophisticated data tracking, reducing payments for hospital admissions resulting in complications, and more intensively managing patients with chronic diseases, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota and health providers across the state are seeing results from an initiative launched three years ago.
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANSPOSITION OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTDATE: September 13, 2012POSITION: PCMH Strategist/Grade P6 (Job #46-12) Center for Quality Department Practice Advancement Division Supervisor: Heather BrungardtHOURS: Monday - Friday, 37.50 hours per week.
NASHP Seeks Applications for Multi-Payer Medical Home Learning Collaborative; No Application Needed for States Chosen for State Innovation Model InitiativeDeadline: October 31A new NASHP learning collaborative supported by The Commonwealth Fund that will provide 18 months of individual and group technical assistance for up to four states seeking to implement a multi-payer medical home initiative. In addition to these four states, NASHP invites states selected for State Innovations Model (SIM) design awards to join in the group technical assistance portion of the learning collaborative.
A new health report released by the Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) documents the adoption of the patient-centered medical home model (PCMH) in the U.S.
The Amerigroup Foundation announced its support of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians' (GAFP) second generation of its Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) University, granting $50,000 to assist in successfully implementing the project.
