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	"The key to lowering costs is reducing expensive care. Investing in better primary are is not costly compared with Emergency Room visits and hospitalization. We know that managing chronic illness well reduces these expensive episodes of care, so the measure of any medical home model will be how well it manages chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart failure and asthma." Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, Vice President, Primary Care and Academic Affairs Eisenhower Medical Center, Eisenhower Argyros Health Center
	"Health Affairs published in its September issue the results of a pilot project run by WellPoint. The insurer earned $2.50 to $4.50 for every dollar invested in the medical home program because hospitalizations and the use of inpatient services declined." Insurers latest to champion medical homes, American Medical News, October 1, 0212
	Insurers latest to champion medical homes  American Medical News, October 1, 2012
	HealthLeaders Media: 5 Big Ideas from WellPoint's PCMH Pilot Healthsprocket, October 1, 2012
	NYC medical homes outperform other providers in quality measures, costs Health Imaging, September 27, 2012
	ACO and Patient-Centered Medical Homes: How One Organization Is Diving Into Both Becker's Hospital Review, September 27, 2012
	Patient-Centered Medical Home is fee-for-service alternative ModernMedicine, September 20, 2012
	PCMH model a success to be reckoned with according to PCPCC report PhysBizTech, September 12, 2012
	Joining our Patients Online --The Health Care Social Media Revolution by Farris K. Timimi, MD The Adirondack Medical Home Demonstration by Bob Cawley Editor’s Corner: Call to Action: Blended Payment Reforms - Glen Stream, MD, MBI, FAAFP Practices Need to Help Patients Understand Medical Billing by Dan Rodrigues Thought Leader’s Corner: There seems to be little doubt that the patient-centered medical home can affect the numerator of the value equation -- but less consensus about its ability to drive value by affecting the denominator. Where do you stand? Industry News with briefs regarding AAFP, AANP, PCPCC, Blue Shield of California Foundation and Langer Research Associates, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, HRSA, Modern Healthcare and NCQA,and CMS Catching up with … Robert Graham, MD 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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