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  Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                                   May, 2017
  		 
Value-Based Payment Models in Oncology: Deloitte Research on Impact of New Payment Models
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  "There are many benefits and advantages to the behavioral health medical home approach. The focus is on reducing the morbidity and mortality of these patients. Individuals with severe mental illness, they live an average of 49 to 60 years, while the average life span without serious mental illness is closer to 80 years. There have been about 40 studies that have shown that when you combine mental health services with the coordination of care, there is a reduction of cost, morbidity and mortality."
- Julia Finken, Executive Director, Behavioral Health Care And Psychiatric Hospitals, The Joint Commission.
 
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  "UCCs [Free-standing urgent care centers]...are open 7 days per week including holidays and 90% of patients are seen by a provider within 30 minutes of arrival while 84% have a total length-of-stay less than 60 minutes."
  		 
  Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 9 Number 5, May 2017, "The Medical Home Must Be Cognizant Of Its Entire Neighborhood."  
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This Month in Medical Home News
 
  • The NCQA Overhauls Its Medical Home Certification Process by Ron Shinkman
  • The Medical Home Must Be Cognizant Of Its Entire Neighborhood by Toni Claire Hogencamp, M.D. and Amanda Montalbano, M.D.
  • Editor’s Corner: Ken Dolkart reflects on the GOP's Replacement For the ACA.
  • Roundtable: "How can mental health services be best positioned when delivered through a patient-centered medical home?"
  • Industry News with briefs regarding American Academy of Pediatrics; NCQA; Boston Medical.
  • Catching Up With ... Carlo Tornatore, M.D.
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