Medical Home Bulletin             |           June 2, 2010             |           Volume Two Issue Six
Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News      www.MedicalHomeNews.com

What if a Health System Decided to Create "Ideal" Primary Care?
Medical Home Audioconference Event
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 --- 1:00pm to 2:00pm Eastern

Lori J. Heim, MD, FAAFP
Family Physician Hospitalist, Scotland Memorial Hospital, President, American Academy of Family Physicians (Moderator)

Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
Vice President for Primary Care, Eisenhower Medical Center, Clinical Professor, Family Medicine, University of California, San Diego

http://www.medicalhomeaudioconferences.com/MedHome20100630/index.html

  
Lt. Gov. Backs Medical Home Project
PBN, May 27, 2010  
  
Geisinger Health System Reports That PCMH Model Improves Quality, Lowers Costs
AAFP News Now, May 26, 2010

Medical Home Pilot Project Gets Approved by Ohio Senate
MedCity News, May 26, 2010
 
Queen City Medical Group Recognized for Medical Home Performance
Cincinnati.com, May 25, 2010 
 
A New Model in Medical Care
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 24 2010 
 
Medical Home Service Targets Small Groups
Health Data Management, May 24, 2010

Physician Assistants and Internists Reaffirm Need for Team-Based Primary Care
PRNewswire, May 24, 2010

Florida Health Care Providers Offer Language Services, Medical Homes
Kaiser Health News, May 24, 2010

Health Affairs: Medical Home is Far from Becoming Reality
CMIO, May 23, 2010

Medical Home Concept Gains Ground in Ozarks
Springfield Business Journal, May 20, 2010

For Practices Large and Small, Here's Good News About the Patient-Centered Medical Home
American Academy of Family Physicians, May 20, 2010

In the June 2010 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find:

• Including Oral Health in the Medical Home By Steve Hurd, PhD, Executive Director, Marillac Clinic
• ThedaCare's Lean Approach to Primary Care  By John Toussaint, MD, Founder and President, ThedaCare Center for HealthCare Value
• They Are All Our Patients – Population Management At Carilion Clinic By John Wendland, Colette Carver, FNP and John Peyton Taliaferro, MD
• Editor’s Corner: The Many Sides of Care Coordination By Margaret Kirkegaard, MD, MPH
• Thought Leader’s Corner: “So long as we have a fee-for-service system, if the patient-centered medial home is doing a good job of reducing ER visits and hospitalizations, what is the value proposition for the hospital or health system in supporting a medical home given reduced hospital revenues?”
• Industry News regarding The American Academy of Family Physicians, TransforMED, CS Mott Children’s Hospital, Rhode Island Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pediatric Medical Home Project, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Catching Up With…Governor Jim Douglas (R-VT)
• Medical Home News Subscribers receive this and future twelve page monthly issues with a choice of electronic or print newsletter delivery, or both, and online access to past issues and more.

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