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Category Archives: Health Care Reform: Medical Homes
National Committee for Quality Assurance: Patient-Centered Specialty Practice Recognition
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has released standards to recognize specialty practices as “Patient-Centered Specialty Practices”. These standards complement NCQA’s standards for recognizing primary care practices as Patient-Centered Medical Homes and largely follow the same basic framework. The … Continue reading
The Commonwealth Fund: Facilitating Improvement in Primary Care – The Promise of Practice Coaching
This issue brief from The Commonwealth Fund describes how practice coaching, also called practice facilitation, can support quality improvement in primary care practices. Link to Original Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Developing and Running a Primary Care Practice Facilitation Program: A How-To Guide
This guide from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is a comprehensive resource for developing and implementing a primary care practice facilitation program. Practice facilitation has emerged as a best practice for assisting physician practices transform into patient-centered medical … Continue reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Five Key Considerations for Health Homes
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has produced this technical assistance brief for states considering Medicaid state plan amendments to implement the health homes authorized by section 27023 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The five … Continue reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: States Approved for Affordable Care Act Section 2703 Health Homes
This matrix describes the approved state plan amendments from Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Missouri (two plans), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island (two plans), and Wisconsin, implementing Medicaid health homes under section 2703 of the Patient Protection and Affordable … Continue reading
Center for Health Care Strategies: Medicaid Health Homes – Initial Considerations
This technical assistance brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies discusses some initial considerations for states seeking to implement health homes under section 27o3 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: 1. Leverage existing resources. 2. Build in … Continue reading
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Presentation on Affordable Care Act Section 2703 Health Homes
Here is a useful summary of the Medicaid health homes authorized by section 2703 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. States may seek 90% federal funding for eight quarters (two … Continue reading
Better to Best: Value-Driving Elements of the Patient-Centered Medical Home and Accountable Care Organizations
This is a report from a convening in September 201o sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative and funded by Pfizer. The report was prepared by Health2 Resources and … Continue reading
Institute of Medicine: The Patient-Centered Medical Home: A Path Toward Health Equity?
This discussion paper from participants in the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities raises the question of whether the patient-centered medical home model adequately addresses the social determinants of health … Continue reading
What My Father Taught Me About Health and Health Care, About Life and Death
Three months ago, my father Andrew Shih Lun Bau passed away, peacefully, in his own home. Next week, on Christmas Day, we would have celebrated his 93rd birthday. As someone who now seeks to improve both health and health care … Continue reading
