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Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News November, 2017

“Oregon's uniquely successful Coordinated Care Organizations developed as a new transformative way to deliver Medicaid benefits to all recipients and has demonstrated both financial and clinical success in serving its population. Annual cost increases have been held to under 3.4 percent for five years in a row for Medicaid. Additionally, quality of care and outcomes have improved with more than 90 percent of Medicaid members now receiving care through a high-functioning recognized medical home.”
- Jim Rickards, M.D., senior medical director at Moda Health, Portland, OR.

"Programs that have integrated behavioral health have been shown to save 9 percent to 16 percent of this value opportunity in absolute healthcare savings, or an annual savings of $27–$48 billion."

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 9 Number 11, November 2017, "To Integrate Mental Health Into Medical Homes, New Payment Models Should Be Considered," by Stephen P. Melek, Roger Kathol, Melinda M. Davis, et al.

How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

Retrofitting the Medical Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs

This webinar outlines the characteristics of the ideal medical home and what steps are needed to strengthen the infrastructure of this conceptual framework. Webinar presenter Mara McGrath, MPH, shares examples of how she's worked with pediatric practices to bring them along in this continuum. She also explores some of the most perplexing challenges faced by the "ideal" medical home.

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	Annals of Family Medicine: 6 attributes that make for a high-value primary care practice 1. Decision support for evidence-based medicine 2. Risk-stratified care management 3. Continue reading here Notes: Based on a study in Annals of Family Medicine entitled, "Exploring Attributes of High-Value Primary Care." Source: Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), November 15, 2017

Study Calls For More Medical Homes To Serve Latinos By Ron Shinkman

To Integrate Mental Health Into Medical Homes, New Payment Models Should Be Considered By Stephen P. Melek, Roger Kathol, Melinda M. Davis, et al.

Editor's Corner: Ron Shnkman on the impact of new CMS leadership

Industry news with briefs regarding Kroger.

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