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March 16, 2016 | Modern Healthcare
A Senate committee easily passed a mental health reform bill along with four smaller measures addressing prescription drug abuse Wednesday, but funding for implementing the programs remains elusive. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and...
March 16, 2016
President Barack Obama has nominated Merrick Garland, chief justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The pick ends weeks of speculation, but marks the beginning of what likely will be...
March 15, 2016 | Kaiser Health News
Health insurance isn’t simple. Neither are government regulations. Put the two together and things can get confusing fast.
So it’s not surprising that federal regulators took a stab at making things a bit more straightforward for...
March 14, 2016 | Paladina Health
This month the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) issued an update to their longitudinal study of the impact of patient-centered medical homes on healthcare costs and quality. On February 2nd, they shared the information...
March 10, 2016 | Health Affairs Blog
The health care and health policy communities are increasingly calling for “measures that matter.” Journal articles and policy reports have highlighted the proliferation of performance measures, and many conferences have focused on...
March 9, 2016 | Modern Healthcare
High deductibles add to consumers' financial stress and dissuade some patients from getting needed medical care. That is not only worrisome, but it could also block attempts to reform U.S. healthcare, health-policy experts warn in the...
March 8, 2016 | The Commonwealth Fund
Synopsis
Patients with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to manage their health conditions are sometimes referred to as “activated.” Health care systems can use patient activation scores to help predict use of costly services,...
March 4, 2016 | AAFP News
A patient-centered medical home model that offers financial incentives but wields no penalties has proved popular with physicians, an insurance executive told the AAFP Board of Directors here last week.
Chet Burrell, president and CEO of...
March 2, 2016 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
On March 1, 2016 the PCPCC responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) request for stakeholder input on the Quality Measure Development Plan.
Overall, PCPCC supports the general framework for the Quality Measurement...
March 2, 2016 | UCHealth
By Todd Neff
For UCHealth
The results are in from a pioneering five-year, $3.9 million experiment to see how eight primary care practices and three mental health centers across Colorado might integrate behavioral health and primary care....
March 1, 2016 | Health Affairs Blog
We’re all frustrated by the high cost of US health care and a system that’s challenging for patients to navigate and does not consider patients’ goals and wishes. Both the public and private sectors are working hard to discover ways to...
February 25, 2016 | HealthIT Analytics
Concierge medicine programs may take up to three years to show ROI, a common break-even point for population health management strategies.
There is ample industry evidence to show that a comprehensive population health management program...
February 16, 2016 | Modern Healthcare
The Obama administration and health insurers took a step Tuesday toward standardizing and improving the measures that are intended to gauge the quality of healthcare but are widely criticized as too burdensome for providers and too...
February 16, 2016 | Anthem
This month the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) released their annual report, The Patient-Centered Medical Home’s Impact on Cost and Quality: Annual Review of Evidence, highlighting the cost and quality impact of patient...
February 15, 2016 | Idaho Statesman
A house committee Monday voted against introducing a funding bill for the proposed Primary Care Access Plan, or PCAP. The program by Gov. Butch Otter’s administration, is a state-funded alternative to Medicaid expansion that would...
February 13, 2016 | Richmond Times-Dispatch
From her office at Ironbridge Family Practice in Chesterfield County, Dr. Andreya Risser can see you even if you can’t get to her office.
She is just a few taps away if you have a smartphone or tablet handy, seeing patients through the...
February 12, 2016 | The DO
Patient-centered medical homes reduce costs and unnecessary utilization, according to a report by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, of which the AOA is a founding member.
The report, The Patient-Centered Medical Home’s...
February 11, 2016 | Doctors Lounge
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care seems to be contributing to decreases in costs and improvement in patient care, according to a report from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The Patient-Centered Primary Care...
February 9, 2016 | Star Tribune
Clinics that take more responsibility for their patients' health and health habits outperformed other primary care clinics in Minnesota and saved government programs more than $1 billion over five years, a University of Minnesota analysis...
February 8, 2016 | HFMA
Practices and payers generally are able to derive overall savings from the use of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model, according to a review of recent research and analyses.
The fifth annual report of the Patient-Centered...
