Medical Home Bulletin             |           January 7, 2010             |           Volume Two Issue One
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• Primary Care Recruitment, HIT Support for Affiliated Primary Care Physicians, and Managed Care Network Building
• Wednesday, January 13, 2010
• 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Eastern)
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The Primary Care Shortage, Nurse Practitioners, and the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Preventing Chronic Disease, January 2010 
  
Primary Care, Public Health, and Mental Health
Fort Worth Business, January 2010

Medical Home Pilot Lowers Costs, Improves Quality and Patient/Staff Experience
Outcomes Research in Review, December, 2009

Creating Medical Home Communities
Colorado Medicine, November/December, 2009 
 
Announcing New York Medicaid's Statewide Patient-Centered Medical Home Incentive Program
New York State Medicaid Update, December, 2009 
 
Medical Home Has Place in Healthcare Reform
MedPage Today, December 9, 2009

In the January 2010 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find:

• Disruptive Innovation and the Physician Practice by Jason Hwang, MD, MBA, Co Founder and Executive Director of Healthcare, Innosight Institute
• Implications of Episode Payment for Physicians by Guy D’Andrea, President, Discern Consulting
• Editor’s Corner - a year end assessment of the key constituencies
• AtlantiCare’s Special Care Center: A Medical Home Model of Excellence by Katherine A. Schneider, MD, MPhil, Vice President of Health Engagement, AtlantiCare
• Thought Leader’s Corner: "What grade would you give 2009 (A+ to D-) in terms of the advancement of medical home issues? What had you hoped to see that you didn't? What one or two developments need to happen in 2010 to continue moving PCMH forward?”
• Industry News regarding the ARRA, NCQA, the West Virginia Health Authority, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Maine Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Humana and JSA Medical Group
• Catching Up With…John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians (ACP)
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