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Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News August, 2017

“We have about 500 hepatitis C patients, and their issues are a bit trickier. In terms of getting them treatment there have been a lot of access issues, particularly in terms of getting them prior authorizations for drugs. We have a case manager whose job is just getting their medication approved.”
- Anita Zamora, Chief Operating Officer, Venice Family Clinic.

"UCSF, for example, used a surveillance system to cut its sepsis mortality rate from 27 percent to 18 percent, a drop of one-third during the waiver [federal Medicaid waiver funds known as Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments, or DSRIP]. San Mateo County cut its sepsis rate in half, to 29 percent from 58 percent."

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 9 Number 8, August 2017, "Medicaid Waiver Money In California Used For Medical Homes" by Ron Shinkman.

How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

Evidence Report: The Impact of Primary Care Practice Transformation on Cost

Yalda Jabbarpour, MD (Robert Graham Center and Georgetown University Department of Family Medicine), primary author of the report, presents their findings followed by a Q & A session.

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	Autumn M. Kieber-Emmons, MD, MPH and William L. Miller, MD, MA: 4 types of PCMHs and their characteristics 1. the “Add-on”: Care management, phone care management, EMR registries for particular conditions 2. the “Renovated”: Team-based care, expanded and innovative access, electronic changes 3. Continue reading here Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, August 2017

Medical Medicaid Waiver Money In California Used For Medical Homes by Ron Shinkman

How Much Does It Cost To Start A Medical Home? By Neil S. Fleming, Briget da Graca, Gerald O. Ogola, et. al.

Editor's Corner: Air Force Surgeon General Mark Ediger on the role the PCMH plays in this branch of the military service.

Subscribers’ Corner

Medical Home Quotes

Industry News with briefs regarding RAND Corporation; CareFirst; and NCQA

Catching Up With … Anita Zamora
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