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	“The looming challenge to successful PCMH spread is the impression that it alone can achieve the Triple Aim (better yet, the Quadruple Aim). The PCMH is a complex system of care that requires adequate reimbursement to achieve and sustain change. A serious investment in the PCMH through payment reform does not appear likely in 2016. Elliott Fisher, MD in 2009 warned us that the PCMH would fail without a medical neighborhood. How to align specialists, hospitals, and patients in shared decision making is still a major obstacle. Finally, one of the core principles of the PCMH is to be physician-led -- or at least primary care clinician-led. Unfortunately, independent primary care practices are dwindling and many of those that survive do not have the resources to make the PCMH transformation. Payment reform and regulatory relief are necessary to turn this tide.” - R. Scott Hammond, MD, FAAFP, Medical Director, Westminster Medical Clinic; Clinical Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
	"At a recent American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Conference for Pharmacy Leaders...less than half of attendees, according to a pre-conference survey, knew what a PCMH was, and 42% reported that pharmacists were not included in their primary care clinic or medical home model."
	Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 8 Number 1, January 2016, Industry News: "Pharmacists Ready for Medical Homes."
	The (missed) potential of the patient-centered medical home for disparities Medical Care, abstract only, January 2016
	First take: Supporting PCMH in the value-based future Medical Economics, December 25, 2015
	Nurse Practitioners in the PCMH Advance Healthcare Network, December 21, 2015
	PCMH – Why It Shouldn’t Be “Just One More Thing To Do”
	HITECH Answers, December 15, 2015
	Medical Home Shows Promise With Right Support, Says Panel American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), December 8, 2015
	Not Your Usual Suspects: Roles For State Agencies In PCMH Payment Reforms Health Affairs Blog, December 8, 2015
	Engagement: The Bedrock or the Pinnacle of a Quality Healthcare System? by Sara Guastello Building the Pediatric Medical Home: Lessons from an Urban Academic Health Center by Michaela Morton, MPH Editor’s Corner –  Robert Phillips, MD on Measuring Health Plans New Model of Care Guides Patients to Medical Homes for Quality, Cost-Effective Care by John Ruane Thought Leader’s Corner: "What is the greatest challenge facing the patient-centered medical home community in 2016?" Industry News with briefs regarding Penn State University College of Medicine; Leavitt Partners; Health Affairs; Virginia General Assembly; University of Kansas Work Group for Community Health and Development; and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Catching Up With … Ann O’Malley, MD, MPH 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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