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Medical Home Bulletin
| February 3,
2011
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Three
Issue Two
Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News
www.MedicalHomeNews.com
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"The purpose of the innovation center is to identify, validate and
diffuse new care models and to deliver better health, better care and
reduce costs through continuous improvement," Richard Gilfillan, M.D.,
M.B.A., Acting Director, CMMI |
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New Standards for Patient-Centered Medical Homes in Line With Meaningful
Use
Becker's Hospital Review, February 01, 2011
Care, Access Rising Under 'Medical Home' Concept
Montgomery Advertiser, January 30, 2011
New NCQA Standards Take Patient-Centered Medical Homes to the Next
Level
Business Wire, January 28, 2011
CMS Innovation Center Expects to Play Major Role in Forging New
Payment, Care Delivery Models
AAFP News Now, January 26, 2011
Patient Centered Medical Home Earns Praise from Doctors and
Healthcare Experts
MEDecision, January 21, 2011
Hope Raised by Patient-Centered Medical Home
California Healthline, January 19, 2011
WellPoint, Cigna, Large Hospital Chains Expected to Actively Engage in
Medical Home Partnerships
The Financial Times, January 14 2011
Will Patients Choose You for Their Medical Home?
HealthLeaders Media, January 13, 2011
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In
the February 2011 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find: |
- Healthcare Home for the
Aged, Blind & Disabled Medicaid Population by Indira
Paharia, PsyD, MBA, MS, Director of Health Integration,
Molina Healthcare
- A Toolkit for Primary
Care- Specialty Care Integration by R. Scott Hammond, MD
and Caitlin Barba, MPH
- Editor’s Corner - Bruce
Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM
- Two Minutes to Change
Your Day: Lesson Learned from the Medical Home by Amy
Mullins, MD
- Thought Leaders Corner:
“There is a strong consensus that the medical home model
will need to help ‘bend the cost curve’ if it is to be
attractive to payers and therefore sustainable over
time. What are the 2-3 most important things that
medical homes should be doing to help contain or reduce
overall health care costs?”
- Industry News with
briefs regarding The American Academy of Family
Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the
American College of Physicians, and the American
Osteopathic Association; URAC; The Commonwealth Fund;
the Veteran's Administration; Group Health; and The
Camden Group
- Catching up with Mary
Wakefield, PhD, RN
Medical Home News is the 12 page
monthly newsletter for health care professionals interested in
Patient Centered Medical Homes. If you're not already a subscriber, you can get a
subscription to Medical Home News for $39 per month or $468
annually. You may cancel at any time, and receive a refund for remaining
issues with annual subscriptions. You can get detailed information, and
subscribe at www.MedicalHomeNews.com or call 209.577.4888. |
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