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Primary care is changing, and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is at the epicenter of this transformation. HIN's Medical Home Monitor provides access to a wide variety of information resources on the PCMH model to help you monitor this fast-growing trend and its wide-ranging implications for care delivery, healthcare quality, physician training and reimbursement, chronic illness and more. A medical home is not just a building, house or hospital, but a team approach to coordinating healthcare. A medical home is family-centered and compassionate and coordinates all medical and non-medical services needed by the patient. The Healthcare Intelligence Network has been monitoring developments of the medical home, which has its roots in pediatrics to address the unique needs of children and their families. In recent years, experts in the medical community have realized that the positive impact of medical homes could benefit others, particularly those with chronic conditions and in high-disparity and underserved populations.


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Melanie Matthews
HIN's fifth annual survey on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recorded the highest PCMH adoption levels to date, reports Melanie Matthews in this benchmarks podcast. A substantial number of medical homes expect to participate in an accountable care organization (ACO); Ms. Matthews also shares key metrics from the 2011 survey, including time required for medical home conversion and the PCMH effect on medication adherence and patient satisfaction.

Length: 3:59
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Recent Audio Interviews on the Medical Home

Dr. Bruce Nash: Rewarding Primary Care Practice Reform with Physician Payment Reform — A Medical Home's Experience Click here to listen.

Sarah Dixon-Gale and Michelle Stephan: Coordinating a Virtual Medical Home in Your Community — Lessons from the Iowa Collaborative Provider Network Click here to listen.

Dr. Jose Guethon: Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation — How Data Sharing Improves Physician and Business Performance Click here to listen.

Dr. Marjie Harbrecht: Recruiting Physician Practices for a Medical Home Pilot Click here to listen.

Dr. Larry Greenblatt and Jessica Simo: Home Visits in the Patient-Centered Medical Home Click here to listen.

Michael Earley and Dr. Jose Guethon: Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation — 9 Key Hurdles for Physician Practices To Overcome Click here to listen.

Dr. David West: Shared Savings in the Medical Home Click here to listen.

Julie Schilz: Multi-Payor Medical Home Programs — Addressing Funding and Organizational Challenges Click here to listen.

Beth Chester: Medication Therapy Management in the Patient-Centered Medical Home Click here to listen.

Jeff Schiff: Risk Adjustment in the Medical Home — Building an Effective Reimbursement Strategy Click here to listen.

Geisinger Health Plan: Effective Case Management in the Medical Home Click here to listen.

Medical Home Open House: Medical Home Open House Highlights Part 2 — Physician Practice Innovations To Improve Care Delivery Click here to listen.

Barbara Luskin: Achieving NCQA's Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Click here to listen.

Dr. Richard J. Baron: Applying Evidence-Based Guidelines in the Medical Home Click here to listen.

Michael Erikson: Successful Models of Care for the Medical Home — Staffing and Roles of the Care Team Click here to listen.

Michael Zucker: Medical Home Reimbursement — Exploring Bundled Payment Options Click here to listen.

Webinar Highlights: Medical Home Open House Highlights Part 1 — Focus on Care Continuity, Quality and Access Click here to listen.

Barbara Wall: Patient Engagement and Education in the Medical Home — Perspectives from Several Pilots Click here to listen.

Dr. Craig Samitt: Accountable Care Organizations, the New Medical Home Neighbor Click here to listen.

Dr. Ricardo Guggenheim: Why Healthcare Should Invest in Management of Uninsured Care Costs Click here to listen.

Dr. Barbara Walters: Bringing Clinical Credibility to the Medical Home Contract Negotiating Table Click here to listen.

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Medical Home Q&A: How Do You Use a Patient Registry in a Diabetes Medical Home Program?

This week's expert is Kathy Brieger, Chief Operations Officer at Hudson River Healthcare

Question: How do you use a patient registry in a diabetes medical home program?

Response: (Kathy Brieger) When we first started, we used PECS, which was a diabetes registry. Then, when we got our electronic health record, we tried to use the registries, but the registries in ECW are not functioning. Only one person at a time could view them. We purchased COGNOS, which is a reporting tool and it functions just like a registry. For example, if Dr. Smith from Poughkeepsie wants to see all of his patients that have a hemoglobin A1C over 9, we run that We can drill down and get all the names and addresses, or whatever data we request from the report.

For more information on Hudson River HealthCare's diabetes collaborative, please visit: http://store.hin.com/product.asp?itemid=4315


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Medical Homes in 2011: Fifth Annual Benchmarks and ACO Activity

Comprehensive Medical Home Resources

2011 Medical Home Performance Benchmarks: Adoption, Utilization and Results is the Healthcare Intelligence Network's latest annual in-depth analysis of medical home awareness, adoption, tools, technologies, challenges, benefits and outcomes.

Guide to Medical Home Reimbursement delivers comprehensive analyses of emerging payment models for patient-centered care from early adopters that are working overtime to put a fair price on care coordination tasks and adequately reward providers for medical home adoption. More than 70 illustrations; Q&A chapter answers 75 questions on medical home reimbursement.

The Medical Home Case Manager: Profiting from Patient-Centered Care Coordination provides an inside look at the selection, training, skill set, processes and benefits of the Geisinger Health Plan case managers embedded within the payor's medical home practices.

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Diabetes Medical Home
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Diabetes Medical Home
Added: March 25, 2008

Pilots in the patient-centered medical home for diabetes improved clinical outcomes and compliance and saved millions in health costs. The model holds promise for heart disease, asthma and other chronic illness.

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