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November 2019

"When it comes to programming for behavioral health and mental health, a lot of times our system makes rules and programs for adults and forgets the kids. Well, when we do the same thing for the kids (as for adults), it doesn't work."
- Michelle Duprey, Director of Integrated Healthcare, Starfish Family Services.

Systemwide results for the TennCare medical homes include a 68 percent improvement in controlling high blood pressure for diabetics, a 40 percent percent increase in nutritional counseling for children and adolescents, and a 20 percent spike in childhood immunizations.

Excerpted from: Medical Home News, Volume 11 Number 11, November 2019, "TennCare Sees Enrollee Outcomes Improve After Implementing Medical Home Initiative," by Ron Shinkman.

A qualitative study on measuring patient-centered care: Perspectives
Health Science Report, November 4, 2019

Needs Assessments Enhance Patient-Centered Care Quality
Journal of Nursing Research, abstract only, December 2019

CKD Quality Improvement Intervention With PCMH Integration: Plan Results
The American Journal of Managed Care, November 2019

Oncology Medical Home Recognition: Program Retirement
NCQA, October 26, 2019

'A PCMH mind and a PCMH heart': Patient, faculty, & learner perspectives on care
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, October 16, 2019

Synchronous neurology—primary care collaboration in a medical home
Neurology Clinical Practice, abstract only, October 14, 2019

The Impact of RI's Multipayer PCMH Program on Utilization and Cost of Care
Medical Care, abstract only, October 2019

Use of Care Teams in Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Adaptive Medical Partners blog, November 1, 2019

Capsule Commentary on Zullig et al., Primary Care Providers' Acceptance
Journal of General Internal Medicine, abstract only, November 1, 2019

Pay for Relationship: A Novel Solution to the Primary Care Crisis
NEJM Catalyst, October 30, 2019

4 'key ingredients' to develop a specialty medical home
Healio Gastroenterology, October 27, 2019

Medical Home For I/DD Consumers Reduced Health Care Costs By 8.7%
Open Minds via Woods Services, October 24, 2019

Multiple Sclerosis: Optimizing Management through the Patient-Centered Medical Home

This webcast examines strategies to overcome barriers to optimal multiple scleroris (MS) management through coordinated care across multidisciplinary teams and individualized treatment.

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Miguel Regueiro, MD: 4 'key ingredients' to develop a specialty medical home

1. Practice smart medicine by using all the tools available
2. Determine the specialty care's unmet needs
3. Team buy-in to formulate an understanding from the whole team about a patient's care
4. Long-haul cooperation within the medical home, and between the medical home and its institution, payer, insurance, etc.

Source: Healio Gastroenterology, October 27, 2019

Featured in this month's Medical Home News Supplement

TennCare Sees Enrollee Outcomes Improve After Implementing Medical Home Initiative by Ron Shinkman
Optum Algorithm Used For Care Referrals Unintentionally Biased Against Black Patients by Ron Shinkman
North Carolina's Rural Healthcare Lacks Coordination by Kushal Kadaika, Shivani Shah and Barak Richman

Also Featured in this month's Population Health News

Identifying the Need is Critical to Meeting It, by Richard Seidman, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan

What New Technologies are Helping to Improve Population Health?, by Liam Bouchier, Principal, Impact Advisors

Editor's Corner

Using Technology to Understand - and Control - Your Company's Drug Spend, by Scott Martin, CEO of Remedy Analytics

Thought Leaders' Corner: "Why is SDoH data key to influencing population health strategies?"

Industry News with briefs regarding Caravan Health, Vively Health, Holon Solutions, Bright.md, Arcadia.io, Baycare Physician Partners, Whole Foods Market, OSF Ventures, Geisinger, and Copeify

Catching Up With...Mairead McInerney
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