Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), American College of Physicians (ACP) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) issued their Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home in 2007, there has been an explosion in medical home transformation activity in the United States. According to the National Committee for Quality Assurance(NCQA), which offers one of multiple medical home recognition programs in the U.S., 5,739 practices representing 27,820 clinicians had received NCQA medical home recognition status as of May 2013.
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May 21, 2014
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