Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                  March, 2016
	“CMS should realize that incentivizing better primary care reduces cost and improves quality. Medicare Advantage and the coming of value based reimbursement bode well for PCMH. This is an election year and no reason to hold back on these reforms. AAFP and other primary care organizations want to move away from fee for service reimbursement.” - Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, Vice President, Primary Care, Marie E. Pinizzotto, MD Chair of Academic Affairs, Eisenhower Medical Center, Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
	"When a patient is released from the hospital, the PCM will correspond directly with the patient, the primary provider, and the patient’s family. … this model allowed Charlotte’s Community Care Partners of Greater Mecklenburg to reduce emergency department visits by 29,000 in one year."
	Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 8 Number 3, March 2016, "Identifying the Impactable Patient Leads One North Carolina Organization to National Accreditation."
	Clinical Pathways and the Oncology Medical Home: First Steps to Value-Based Patient Care Value-based Cancer Care, March 1, 2016
	A First Look at PCMH Implementation for Minority Veterans: Room for Improvement Medical Care, abstract only, March 2016
	Payment and Delivery System Reform in Medicare: A Primer on Medical Homes, Accountable Care Organizations, and Bundled Payments The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, February 22, 2016
	The facilitators and barriers associated with implementation of a patient-centered medical home in VHA Implementation Science/BioMed Central, February 17, 206
	The Patient-Centered Medical Home and Associations With Health Care Quality and Utilization: A 5-Year Cohort Study
	Annals of Internal Medicine, abstract only, February 16, 2016
	Overview of Data Related to the Pediatric Medical Home American Academy of Pediatrics, updated February 12, 2016
	Medical Home Finances Improving: Analysis Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), February 8, 2016
	The Patient-Centered Medical Home's Impact on Cost and Quality: Annual Review of Evidence, 2014-2015, Executive Summary Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, February 2016
	Effects of Patient-centered Medical Home Transformation on Child Patient Experience Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, January/February 2016
	Identifying the Impactable Patient Leads One North Carolina Organization to National Accreditation by Thomas Wroth, MD In This Together: Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures to Enhance the Value of Health Careby Debra L. Ness and Steven E. Weinberger, MD Editor’s Corner –  Dr. Glen Stream on coordination of care between primary care physicians and retail pharmacies and clinics Let’s Make ‘Pinball’ Health Careers a Thing of the Past by Cindy Ehnes Thought Leader’s Corner: "What suggestion do you have for CMS to move the PCMH agenda forward?" Industry News with briefs regarding CMS; Academy Health; Georgia HOPE; Milibank Memorial Fund; Annals of Internal Medicine; PCPCC; Planetree; Ohio Office of Health Transformation; and the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner. Catching Up With … Grace Emerson Terrell, MD, MMM, FACP, FACPE 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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