In a patient-level analysis of care at 56 sites in one region of the Veterans Health Administration, researchers reported no association between the widespread implementation of the patient-centered ...

Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans has announced it will offer incentives for the use of the patient-centered medical home model in its Georgia Medicaid provider network. WellCare will provide ...

Patient-centered medical homes in Maryland’s multipayer demonstration disrupted the pattern of recurrently high expenditure among the costliest patients and improved continuity of care. Objective: To ...

He said the American College of Physicians advocates that the most effective way to re-align payment incentive to support the PCMH model would be to combine traditional fee-for-service for office ...

The "Patient-Centered Medical Home," which promises better coordination of care for those with multiple medical conditions, has been touted as a vehicle for improved health, satisfaction, and ...

Data from more than 800 Veterans Health Administration (VHA) primary care clinics revealed that national implementation of a patient-centered medical home model was effective at improving several ...

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) has grabbed the limelight as a new model of health care that offers an alternative to fragmented, impersonal and wasteful care that has become the norm ...

On occasion, medicine resembles the game of golf, and not just because some doctors like to hit the course on Wednesdays. For instance, the secret of a successful patient-centered medical home may ...

The VHA has been a leader in implementing weight management programs in the outpatient setting. By interviewing PACT teamlet and MOVE! staff, our study identified several system-level and ...

The train has left the station. Everyone is on board: health policy leaders both public, like the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and private, like ...