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September 3, 2014 | Globe Newswire
A study authored by Independence Blue Cross (Independence) and CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services (CTI) demonstrating fewer emergency department visits for chronically ill patients cared for in a patient-centered medical home has...
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August 31, 2014 | The Blade
Most agree that the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, has fundamentally changed the health insurance landscape in the United States, but the health-care law is also quietly causing a sea change in the way hospitals and...
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August 28, 2014 | Portland Tribune
You know the painstaking chore of taking your child to the doctor, or even just making it there yourself? Your days are already filled with spreadsheets and spilled coffee, muddy paw prints and picking up kids from soccer practice. Doctors...
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August 28, 2014 | Ohio Department of Health
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced today that Ohio now has more than 500 nationally recognized patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices delivering primary health care services across the state. The PCMH care model is one...
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August 27, 2014
August 27, 2014 Hon. Patty Murray    Hon. Sherrod Brown  United States Senate    United States Senate  154 Russell Senate Office Building    713 Hart Senate Office Building  Washington, D.C. 20510    Washington, D.C. 20510 RE: Ensuring...
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August 26, 2014 | US Department of Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced $35.7 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 147 health centers in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to support patient-centered medical homes...
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August 26, 2014 | Modern Healthcare
The CMS and Oregon are stepping back from an apparent clash over how the state is paying the managed-care organizations serving Medicaid beneficiaries in its nationally watched Medicaid demonstration. State officials and leaders of Oregon'...
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August 26, 2014 | University of California, San Francisco
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, primary care has been receiving a lot more scrutiny. In many cases across the nation, the health care system hasn’t been providing the most effective or efficient care.  “We’ve had to do a bit...
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August 25, 2014 | OncLive
In 2012, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) sought to support oncologists in addressing what CMMI considered to be among the failings in cancer care— namely, fragmented care, suboptimal outcomes, high costs,...
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August 20, 2014 | Politico
It was late in the afternoon on a warm Friday in early fall and Doug Sumrell was mowing the lawn outside his suburban home in Evans, Georgia. As he pushed the mower across the yard, Sumrell began to feel faint — his chest tightened and the...
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August 12, 2014 | MedPage Today
When Medicaid expansion came to Louisville, Ky., it created an opportunity for a population traditionally served by public health clinics to receive healthcare through a wholly different mechanism -- and so far that mechanism appears to be...
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August 11, 2014 | AAFP News
Health care policy experts have cautioned that making the transition away from a fee-for-service payment model will be a marathon, not a sprint, yet one accountable care organization (ACO) in Florida has moved quickly out of the gate. ...
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August 10, 2014 | The Morning Consult
The politics of Medicaid are robust and complicated.  However, the complexity of the issue shouldn’t prevent Medicaid patients from receiving timely and quality health care services – especially primary care.  Supporting access to...
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August 6, 2014 | AAFP News
After passing both houses of Congress with overwhelming support, legislation designed to increase medical access for military veterans who are struggling to obtain basic health care at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities...
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August 5, 2014 | Brookings
It is well recognized across the health care industry that the major goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) include not only expanding health insurance coverage, but also improving the quality of care and the patient health care experience...
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August 1, 2014 | Center for Advancing Health
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH), introduced in 2007, is a model of health care that emphasizes personal relationships, team delivery of care, coordination across specialties and care settings, quality and safety improvement, and...
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July 31, 2014 | Kaiser Health News
Just six states will use their own money in 2015 to sustain the federal Medicaid pay raise to primary care doctors, which was a key provision of the Affordable Care Act intended to make sure millions of low-income people enrolling in the...
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July 31, 2014 | Kaiser Health News
Just six states and the District of Columbia will use their own money in 2015 to sustain the federal Medicaid pay raise to primary care doctors, which was a key provision of the Affordable Care Act intended to make sure millions of low-...
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July 25, 2014 | EHR Intelligence
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and value-based purchasing arrangements will be responsible for the care of 130 million patients by 2017, predicts a report by Parks Associates.  Accountable care will generate nearly $1 billion in...
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July 23, 2014 | Brookings
Payment reform in health care is confusing, but the goal is simple: How can health care providers change their economic incentives to encourage value over volume? If you've wondered about how these new payment models work, we’re here to...
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