Linda Shelton has been consulting, solo and as a sub-contractor, since 2006. Many of her projects focus on medical home transformation. For eHealth Initiative, she is leading a project to improve care coordination with medical homes in New York and Connecticut. She also works with Discern Consulting on the state of Maryland’s PCMH pilot project, assisting practices to attain the state’s incentives for transformation. From 2006-2009 she managed a groundbreaking program in the Silicon Valley that rewarded practices for using IT to improve patient care. During her 13 years with NCQA as an assistant VP, Linda led the creation of Physician Practice Connections, which is now the PCMH recognition program. She managed operation of all 3 NCQA national physician recognition programs from 2003 to 2006. Consulting with NCQA, she developed standards for care coordination in Medicare.