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More Than Half of Healthcare Organizations Co-Locate Case Manager in the Medical Home, Survey Finds

2010 Medical Home Performance Benchmarks: Adoption, Utilization and Results is HIN's second annual analysis of awareness, adoption, tools, technologies, challenges, benefits and outcomes of the PCMH model of care.

Learn more about the embedded case manager and other PCMH metrics.

NEWS FACTS:

• Report Content: 65-page report updates metrics and measures on current and planned PCMH initiatives — including the emerging trend of the embedded case manager — as well as lessons learned and results from living PCMHs. More than 60 easy-to-follow graphs and tables.
  
  
• Data Highlights:
  
  
  • Awareness and adoption of the medical home model by healthcare organizations;
    
    
  • Impact of medical home adoption on patient satisfaction, provider experience, care coordination, medication adherence and other key processes;
    
    
  • Financial effect of the PCMH on the key metrics of provider reimbursement, healthcare utilization, operating costs, ER visits and hospital admissions;
    
    
  • Targeted PCMH populations, percentage of population assigned to PCMHs, number of lives covered by medical homes and number of participating physicians;
    
    
  • Data on the emerging trend of the embedded case manager;
    
    
  • Key aspects of physician practice transformation, including duration, implementation cost and patient/provider engagement strategies;
    
    
  • Key roles on the medical home team players — health coach, case manager, dietitian, social worker, nurse practitioner and more;
    
    
  • Top reimbursement models in use by active medical homes;
    
    
  • Prevalence of incentives for PCMH participation (by providers/members/patients);
    
    
  • Top health technologies in use in operating medical homes and metrics for measuring PCMH effectiveness;
    
    
  • Frank commentary on the challenges, benefits and impact of medical home construction;
  
  
  and much, much more.
  
  
• Target Audience: Healthcare payors, purchasers, providers and other key decision-makers.

• Contributing Authors: Jose Guethon, M.D., president and chief operating officer of MetCare of Florida and Paul Kaye, M.D., medical director at Taconic IPA.
  
  
• Report Formats: PDF instant download or Print.

QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:

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"Vital information, such as who should be included in the PCMH care team, is included in this exclusive resource. 2010 Medical Home Performance Benchmarks: Adoption, Utilization and Results is an essential planning tool that healthcare organizations can consult as they construct or renovate their medical homes."

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