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Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News July, 2018

“Aging is an unavoidable social determinant of health, but it’s also a poor predictor of outcomes. If you compare a frailty index to an age-related survival score, you get very little scatter by age, but a high degree of scatter between non-frail and severely frail in terms of mortality, institutionalization and hospitalization.”
- Patrick Page, M.D., Western Colorado Physicians Group.

"Practices with after-hours appointments were more likely to offer appointments within 7 days to callers than those without after-hours appointments (36.3% vs. 27.8%}. However, after adjusting for insurance status and condition, these associations became statistically insignificant."

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 10 Number 7, July 2018, "Patient-Centered Medical Homes Did Not Improve Access to Timely Follow-Up After ED Visit," by Shih-Chuan Chou, M.D., Craig Rothenberg, Alicia Agnoli, M.D., et. al.

How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

Putting the Medical Home into Practice for Children

Panelists:
Susan Kressly, MD, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Chip Hart, Director of Pediatric Solutions, PCC Pediatric EHR Solutions
Susanne Madden, MBA, CCE, founder and CEO of Verden Group.

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	Medical Care: How adoption of a PCMH model impacts staffing at community health centers 1. advanced practice staff (nurse practitioners and physician assistants): 0.53 full-time equivalent (FTE) growth 2. other medical staff (medical assistants, nurse aides, and quality assurance staff: 1.23 FTE growth 3. Continue reading here Note: From an article published online ahead of print, authored by Jeongyoung Park, PhD; Xiaoli Wu, MS; Bianca K. Frogner, PhD; Patricia Pittman, PhD Source: Medical Care, abstract only, July 13, 2018

Texas Clinics See Success Merging Primary Care and Mental Health Services by Caroline Covington

Patient-Centered Medical Homes Did Not Improve Access to Timely Follow-Up After ED Visit by Shih-Chuan Chou, M.D., Craig Rothenberg, Alicia Agnoli, M.D., et. al.

Editor’s Corner: Kip Sullivan discusses how three federal MH demonstration projects have failed to achieve their objectives.

Medical Home Quotes

Industry News with a brief regarding Montefiore Medical Group

Catching Up With … Patrick Page, M.D.
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