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CMS’s Medicare Medical Home Demonstration is a far reaching initiative that ultimately seeks to bring the medical home model to millions of chronically ill patients across the United States. The following resources may be helpful as your practice joins the journey toward becoming a medical home.
The Medicare Medical Home Demonstration project website provides more information about the MMHD, including descriptions of the Tier I and Tier II medical homes, details on patient eligibility, site selection, monthly medical home payments, payment processes, and application materials.
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has gathered a comprehensive collection of information and resources to assist practices in becoming complete Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
The American College of Physicians (ACP) provides information on understanding the Patient-Centered Medical Home, including cost, benefits and incentives, and links to tools and resources.
TransforMED, an affiliate of AAFP, is focused on studying and implementing transformed models of high performance practices that meet the needs of both patients and practices. For information on their Medical Home Products and Services click here. To review TransforMED working papers click here.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections® – Patient-Centered Medical Home (PPC®-PCMH™-CMS) program builds upon NCQA’s current Physician Practice Connections program to recognize primary care practices that function as patient-centered medical homes. Building on the joint principles developed by the primary care specialty societies, the PPC-PCMH™-CMS is used to qualify practices or medical homes for the Medicare Medical Home Demonstration.
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative is a coalition of major employers, consumer groups, patient quality organizations, health plans, labor unions, hospitals, physicians and many others who have joined together to develop and advance the patient-centered medical home concept. The Collaborative has well over 200 members. The Collaborative believes that, if implemented, the patient-centered medical home will improve the health of patients and the viability of the health care delivery system. In order to accomplish this goal, employers, consumers, patients, physicians and payers have agreed that it is essential to support a better model of compensating physicians.
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Medical Home News is a monthly newsletter for health care professionals interested in Patient Centered Medical Homes. Medical Home News is published by Health Policy Publishing LLC.
Guided Care is a new model of comprehensive chronic care that has been tested in multiple primary care practices. This model places a specially trained nurse in a primary care practice to enhance the care of the sickest patients. The Guided Care model is one choice to help practices function as advanced medical homes.
The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) has many tools, resources, and best practices for health care professionals to help enhance transitions of care. Click here for details.
The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP), developed by Dr. Kate Lorig and her colleagues at Stanford University's Patient Education Research Center, is a key resource for providers in meeting the requirements to become a Medicare Medical Home. Through a partnership with the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), the National Council on Aging (NCOA) has introduced Stanford's CDSMP to 27 states. Click here for more information about CDSMP. Click here for a map from Stanford University of CDSMP-licensed organizations by state, and click here for a description of CDSMP in states working with NCOA.
Patient Education
Emmi Solutions, TransforMED and the PCPCC have partnered to create a web-based patient education tool designed to play an integral role in the transformation of primary care practices to Patient-Centered Medical Homes. The result is an engaging and educational multimedia experience that helps patients understand the Patient-Centered Medical Home and their role in this collaborative health and wellness relationship with their primary care practice. Click here to learn more and to put this patient education tool on your website for FREE.
The Center for the Advancement of Health developed a resource titled “Creating a Patient Guide for ‘Medical Home’ Physician Practice. Click here for details.
Other resources are available on the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative website, see the ‘Consumer & Patients’ tab in the left menu bar.
The National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC) has many tools and resources for patients and families about care transitions. Click here for more information. |
