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Complimentary from the publishers of Medical Home News November, 2018

“I personally think they [specialty medical homes] are fine, but they should either work closely with a primary care medical group, or take care of the whole patient. It's not a good idea to split that out because there would be more fragmenting of care.”
- Joanne M. Shear,CEO, Primary Care Transformation Experts.

"In January 2017, Aetna commissioned an independent evaluation from NORC at the University of Chicago to determine whether certain social determinant-of-health-related interventions offered by Mercy Care—including its scattered site housing program—reduced cost and improved health outcomes for people with a serious mental illness designation. In a pre-post analysis, members receiving supportive housing services experienced a 24 percent decrease in total cost of care (a $4,623 decrease per member per quarter)."

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 10 Number 11, November 2018, Editor's Corner: "When A Medical Home And Real Home Are The Same Thing," By Leila Nowroozi, Mollie Hertel, Scott Brunner, and Blythe FitzHarris.

How cutting off subsidy payments to insurance companies would affect Obamacare

Patient’s Medical Home and Your Practice Part 2

Dr. Jordan LaRue and Mark Watt examine the kinds of changes to make when implementing a Patient Medical Home, as well as stories and examples to inspire others.

Check out HealthshareTV, the home for health care videos

	4 Interesting Facts about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan PCMH Program 1. BCBS of MI provides and administers health benefits to more than 4.6 million members 2. BCBS of MI has designated approximately 4,690 physicians in 1,700 practices across Michigan as patient-centered medical homes 3. Continue reading here Source: Webinar: PCMH and Value Based Care: The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Experience

China Inches Toward Using Medical Homes by Ron Shinkman
Medical Homes May Not Be Way To Cut Hypertension Costs by Ziyad Almalki, Abdullah Alhumaidi Alotaibi, et. al.

Editor's Corner with Leila Nowroozi: When a Medical Home and Real Home are the Same Thing

Medical Home Quotes

Industry News with briefs regarding AEI; Leavitt Partners

Catching Up With ... Joanne M. Shear
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