Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                  January 3, 2013
	"With the reelection of President Obama and the continuation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the biggest challenge of the medical home movement is to keep the focus on the need for payment for care coordination. Without reimbursement for care coordination activities, the medical home movement is stymied. Prepayment contracts, bundled payments and value based payments are alternatives to a specific care coordination payment. The regulations from Medicare and other payers should be explicit in support of the care coordination and team activities of a medical home." Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, Vice President, Primary Care, Academic Affairs, Eisenhower Medical Center, Eisenhower Argyros Health Center.
	Biggest barrier to PCMH adoption:  In 2009, it was lack of information about the model.  In 2012, it's reimbursement.   Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 5, Number 1, January 2013, Editor's Corner: Infographic
	Medical Home Model Built on Physician Power in Numbers Physicians Practice, December 23, 2012
	Defining a ‘Medical Home’ Health Data Management, December 20, 2012
	Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Nurse Practitioners: A Perfect Match? Becker's Hospital Review, December 13, 2012
	Medical Home Quality and Readmission Risk for Children Hospitalized With Asthma Exacerbations Pediatrics, abstract only, December 10, 2012
	A Different Kind of Medical Home Hospitals and Health Networks, December 2012
	Primary Care in the Netherlands with the Planetree Model by Jim van den Beuken, Pia Velema, and Marcel Snijders A Medical Home in the Mountain States by Teresa Hicks Editor’s Corner: Infographic by Healthcare Intelligence Network The Medical Home: Solution to a Well Kept Secret – Senior Hunger by Anthony Cirillo Thought Leader’s Corner: "What is the greatest challenge facing the medical home movement in 2013?" Industry News with briefs regarding Journal of the America n Medical Association (JAMA; the U.S. Army; Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina; the National Governors Association; the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured; and GlaxoSmithKline Catching up with … Melinda K. Abrams, MS Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Medical Home News, or find out more
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