Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News                  September 4, 2012
	"Emphasis on behavioral health integration in the medical home is laudable, and continued progress in this area is critical to improving population health outcomes and lowering costs." Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH, Director, Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care
	"UPMC Health Plan saw the overall readmission rate for patients in medical home practices decrease 12.5 percent compared to non-medical home practices. In the second year, readmissions decreased 18.5 percent compared to other practices." Medical Home News, Volume 4, Number 9, The Medical Home – Cure for Readmissions?
	PCMHs and Massachusetts health care cost containment legislation  Lexology, August 28, 2012
	Aetna Engages in Broadscale Medical Home Program Business Wire, August 23, 2012
	Medical home program announces major expansion American Medical News, August 21, 2012
	Horizon announces expansion to patient-centered care model NJBiz, August 20, 2012
	R.I. hospital uses CMS grant to expand medical home model for premature babies Clinical Innovation + Technology, August 15, 2012
	Medical 'home' — Concept connects patients, physicians The Post-Bulletin, August 11, 2012
	Demanding More from Medical Homes by Brian Klepper, PhD The Medical Home – Cure for Readmissions? by Stephen Perkins, MD Editor’s Corner: Call to Action: AHRQ Says the Patient-Centered Medical Home Does Not Lower Health Care Costs - Jaan E. Sidorov, MD, FACP The State of Patient Engagement in Primary Care by Steve Wilkins, MPH Thought Leader’s Corner: Have you joined an ACO? If not, would you if asked? Industry News with briefs regarding CMS; Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield; Manhattan's Physician Group and EmblemHealth; NCQA and Merck; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Archives of Internal Medicine; Today’s Dietitian; JAMA and MCOL Catching up with … Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Medical Home News, or find out more
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