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March 9, 2015 | U.S. News & World Report
Imagine having a team of health care professionals dedicated to keeping you healthy year-round by preventing the onset of diseases and managing your chronic medical conditions to avoid costly complications and hospitalizations.
That’s the...
March 9, 2015 | AAFP News
Incentive payments for physicians who treat Medicare and Medicaid patients have been generating a lot of interest among policymakers lately, but one private insurer in Michigan has been offering performance-based primary care bonuses for...
March 8, 2015 | The News and Advance
You’re not the only one getting older. Take a look at your doctor.
One in 10 active physicians is between the ages of 65 and 75 — retirement age. More than a quarter is 55 to 64 — likely to retire within the decade.
The graying of...
March 5, 2015 | NCQA Newsroom
NCQA first developed the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition program at the request of, and in collaboration with, four key medical professional societies - the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of...
March 5, 2015 | Health IT Analytics
What are some of the most substantial health IT issues that are hindering the healthcare field? A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found that EHR functionalities that lacked integrated care...
March 5, 2015 | Benefits Pro
Because new payment models require effective and seamless care coordination among providers, new methods of delivering care have also been experiments in the living laboratory. Two in particular have become especially prominent.
Medical...
March 5, 2015 | M Live
Inside a converted fruit warehouse near the Grand River in Grand Rapids sit several specialists on the front lines of ensuring that young children get a healthy start in life.
They work for Health Net of West Michigan, a nonprofit...
March 2, 2015 | AAFP News
Members of Congress may be battling among themselves over health care policy, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle continue to express strong support for primary care and expanded access for patients in need.
AAFP Board members met...
February 26, 2015 | Health IT Analytics
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is one of healthcare’s most popular designations, serving as a way for primary care organizations to codify and implement population health managementprograms, care coordination tactics, and the...
February 25, 2015 | New York Times
How King v. Burwell, the latest Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act, could create two American health care systems divided by access to care.
Click on the "Read More" link to watch the video.
February 24, 2015 | The Herald Dispatch
HUNTINGTON - Getting the right care to the right patient at the right time. It's the goal of all health care providers, but some medical professionals believe they have found a way to help achieve it in a more efficient way.
It's a model...
February 22, 2015 | Washington Post
In the past five years, more and more businesses have been investing in their own in-house medical centers, hoping to save on employer-provided health insurance by keeping their workers out of emergency rooms.
One such company is Maryland...
February 20, 2015 | Health IT Analytics
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking public comment on its advanced primary care models intended to provide better care coordination, more personalized attention, and better overall population health management ...
February 18, 2015
Time will tell, but it appears that employers are not giving up on providing health insurance to their employees — even with the availability of health care exchanges. That’s at least what the results of a new study sponsored by the...
February 10, 2015 | MedPage Today
When Andrew Morris-Singer was in his fourth year of medical school his mother's lungs stopped working.
She was put into a medically induced coma because of an atypical pneumonia, a condition that he said would likely have been caught if...
February 9, 2015 | Health Data Management
A Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative analysis of the effectiveness of primary care patient-centered medical homes reveals the PCMH movement results in lower costs and decreased utilization.
The report, "The Patient-Centered...
February 9, 2015 | AAFP News
Rahul Rajkumar, M.D., J.D., received a call one Friday evening from a family member who said she was taking medication for a urinary tract infection and had a fever of 103 degrees.
Rajkumar, a primary care physician and acting deputy...
February 7, 2015 | Modern Healthcare
As a child growing up in Minnesota, Foua Khang helped her immigrant parents and grandparents cope in a place where few people spoke their native Hmong language.
Now, as a community health worker employed by St. Paul-based HealthEast Care...
February 2, 2015 | HealthIT Analytics
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an effective way to reduce healthcare spending while raising quality indicators, says the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) in a new report. The organization’s annual review of...
February 2, 2015 | Healthcare Dive
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A new report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative reveals that patient-centered medical homes can reduce healthcare costs as well as curb overuse of the emergency department and overall inpatient...
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