Complimentary from the publisher

Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News June, 2017

Check, and Check, & Triple Check! – the Discipline of Member Identity Intelligence

"It's pretty well known that initially after a traumatic injury, patients who are over the age of 50 have a worse mortality rate. They also take longer to recover from their injuries. They are also more susceptible to suffering psychoses when they’re hospitalized, particularly if they’re in the ICU... Off the top of my head, I'd say that older patients are two- to three-fold more likely to have these issues than a younger patient with a traumatic injury."
- Ben L. Zarzaur, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

"...94 percent of patients with end-stage renal disease have four or more comorbidities. The most common include hypertension, diabetes, ischemic heart disease and heart failure."

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 9 Number 6, June 2017, "DaVita To Create Medical Homes For Its Dialysis Patients."

How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

Introduction to PCMH Q & A

"How is annual reporting in the new 2017 PCMH standards less work for practices than the old 3-year PCMH Recognition cycle was?"" That may be the most common question we get at PCMH Education & Training events. See the frank, funny answer from PCMH faculty Bill Tulloch and Mina Harkins at the June 13, Introduction to PCMH 2017 training in Washington, DC.

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DaVita To Create Medical Homes For Its Dialysis Patients By Ron Shinkman

The Medical Home As An Aid In End-Of-Life Care By Barbara Given and Susan C. Reinhard

Editor's Corner: The ACA And Medical Homes Have Stabilized Wyoming’s Healthcare Delivery

Medical Home Quotes

Industry News with briefs regarding The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; TennCare; American Medical Association; Regenstrief Institute.

Catching Up With … Ben L. Zarzaur, M.D.
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