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September 2019

"As more employers provide primary care, there is an incentive and an obligation to provide patient-centered, value-based, comprehensive and coordinated care as a PCMH within the health care neighborhood."
- Kathryn E Gibson, MD, FAAFP, Medical Director of Health and Wellness, ARUP Laboratories.

The investment in primary care in the United States – in which patient-centered medical homes play a significant role – remains low. Public and private payers contribute on average 5.6% of total healthcare spend on primary care (10.2% using a broader definition of the term), with much of it going to care at the pediatric level. By the age of 10, the proportion of spend on primary care services decreases below 10%, and is mostly below 5% by the age of 25.

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 11 Number 9, September 2019, "PCPCC Links Primary Care Spending To Fewer ED Visits, Hospitalizations," by Ron Shinkman.

Activities & Sensemaking Associated With Frontline Role Expansion in PC Settings
Journal of Healthcare Management, abstract only, September-October 2019

Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration on Quality of Care
The American Journal of Managed Care, September 13, 2019

The Effects of Telephone Visits & Rurality on Veterans Perceptions of Access to PC
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, September 2019

Montana Uses PCMHs to Holistically Address Children’s Health Needs
National Academy for State Health Policy, August 30, 2019

The Impact of RI's Multipayer PCMH Program on Utilization and Cost of Care.
Medical Care, August 27, 2019

Payment & Delivery in 2018: Participation in MHs and ACOs on the Rise
The American Medical Association, August 2019

Three State Approaches to Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Center for Health Care Strategies, August 2019

Organizing Care for Patients With Chronic Illness Revisited
The Milbank Quarterly, August 2019

Coordinated Care Practices Help Keep HUSKY Members Out Of ERs
ctwatchdog, September 16, 2019

Increase in Value-Based Reimbursement for PCMH-Designated Practices Announced
Yeo & Yeo Medical Billing & Consulting, September 12, 2019

Pathway To Patient-Centered Measurement For Accountability
Health Affairs Blog, September 12, 2019

Facilitating Transformation Change in Primary Care
RCM Answers, September 4, 2019

NCQA Health Plan Accreditation 2020 Updates

Learn more about updates and changes to NCQA Health Plan Accreditation 2020 Standards, including what’s new, how scoring is changing, what elements are being retired and which elements are becoming must pass.

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	Jodie Jackson, Jr.: 5 Keys to Creating a Patient-Centered Healthcare Culture 1. Building a culture centered on quality improvement and patient safety is not a single event or an immediate step. It’s a process. 2. Patient engagement and data that is accurate, reliable, timely, and actionable (ARTA) data is crucial for this transformation and culture change. 3. Care coordination must move from theory to practice. 4. Implement change from the top down, not expecting a bottom-up culture shift. 5. Data is important, but collecting measurements that are accurate and actionable is the ultimate goal. Source: Primaris blog, September 10, 2019

Featured in this month's Medical Home News Supplement

PCPCC Links Primary Care Spending To Fewer ED Visits, Hospitalizations by Ron Shinkman
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