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Medical Home Bulletin
| November 3,
2011
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Three
Issue Eleven
Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News
www.MedicalHomeNews.com
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“Costs are higher when you don't have care coordination, and families
spend a lot of money on treatments that are not efficacious or
cost-effective and on tests that are repeated" Shirley L. Porterfield,
PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Missouri |
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Team is Key to Efficiency and Quality Care
Healthcare Finance News, October 21, 2011
Medical Homes Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs for Special Needs Children
American Medical Association, October 20, 2011
Local Pharmacists Taking Prominent Role in 'Medical Home'
Business Wire, October 20, 2011
MEDCOM Aims to Apply 'Medical Home' Model Worldwide
United States Army, October 17, 2011
Medicaid Patients Think Medical Homes Are Institutions, Places to "Go to
Die"
Becker's Hospital Review, October 13, 2011
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In
the November 2011 issue of Medical Home News, you'll find: |
- Medical Homes On Steroids – Aligning Doctor and
Patient Incentives Drives Superior Outcomes by Jerry
Reeves MD and Brian Kapp
- The Army Medical Home Initiative – Are We Ready to
be Patient Centered? by COL George Patrin, MD, FACHE
- Editor’s Corner: The Importance of the Medical Home
Room – Philip L. Ronning, Principal, Ronning Healthcare
Solutions
- Lessons from the Field: Building “Top of License”
Care into Your Medical Home by Mike Cracovaner, CEO, New
Pueblo Medicine
- Thought Leaders Corner: The CMS Innovation Center
has just announced a new four-year Comprehensive Primary
Care Initiative (CPCi) inviting private payers and State
Medicaid agencies to partner with CMS in offering
enhanced care coordination compensation or other direct
support to primary care practices in selected markets,
with an opportunity to share in savings in years three
and four. How do you view this new initiative?
- Industry News with industry brief regarding the
Health Services Research Journal, Center for Medicare
and Medicaid Innovation, HealthAmerica, Aetna, Emory
Healthcare, and Health Resources and Services
Administration
- Catching up with…LTG Eric B. Schoomaker
Medical Home News is the 12 page
monthly newsletter for health care professionals interested in
Patient Centered Medical Homes. If you're not already a subscriber, you can get a
subscription to Medical Home News for $39 per month or $468
annually. You may cancel at any time, and receive a refund for remaining
issues with annual subscriptions. You can get detailed information, and
subscribe at www.MedicalHomeNews.com or call 209.577.4888. |
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Reminder: If you haven’t
already, we encourage you to respond to the 2011 Medical
Home e-Poll. Please respond by Friday, November 4th, 2011.
You can take the e-poll by going to:
http://mh2011.questionpro.com/ |
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Network and discuss Patient Centered Medical Home with other health care
professionals in the LinkedIn Medical Home News Group.
It's free, and you can join right now, at
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/1881309 |
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