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September 6, 2013 | U.S. News & World Report
After returning from a Nevada hiking trip in June, Catherine Helling, 45, of Dubuque, Iowa, landed in the hospital for cellulitis, a dangerous skin infection. Early into Helling's six-day stay, her internist visited, coordinated Helling's...
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August 28, 2013 | Kaiser Health News
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) may actually be the unicorns we’ve been waiting for, spreading their cost-saving magic throughout the health system. An early cost-sharing program in Massachusetts designed to cut costs for private...
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August 22, 2013 | Real World Health Care
The word “home” has many connotations: the building in which you live, the place you come from, and even the end point of a game. Now, there is a new type of home: The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH). PCMH is a model of primary care...
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August 11, 2013 | Modern Healthcare
David Share, M.D., senior vice president of value partnerships with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, has been shepherding the Blues' patient-centered medical home project during the five years of its existence. With more than 3,017...
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August 6, 2013 | Fierce Healthcare
A new Health Affairs study reveals patients who received transitional care were 20 percent less likely to experience a readmission in the first year following hospital discharge than clinically similar patients who received standard care...
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August 1, 2013 | PCPCC Press Release
Statement Attributable to: Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH  Chief Executive Officer Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative  AUGUST 1, 2013 – (Washington, DC) – On behalf of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), we...
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July 25, 2013
Click here to download slides for today's National Briefing.
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July 23, 2013 | PCPCC Press Release
JULY 23, 2013 - (Washington, DC) - PCPCC has announced four new members will join its Board of Directors, including Elizabeth J. Fowler, VP of Global Health Policy, Johnson & Johnson; Jill Hummel, Vice President of Payment Innovation,...
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July 23, 2013 | Independence Blue Cross
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) announces the results of a series of three-year studies that demonstrate significant reductions in medical costs for patients with chronic conditions treated in primary care practices that have transformed...
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July 22, 2013 | PCPCC Press Release
Statement Attributable to: Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH Chief Executive Officer Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative JULY 22, 2013 – (Washington, DC) – On behalf of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), we applaud the...
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July 18, 2013 | PCPCC Press Release
In a July 18 letter to Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus, D-MT, and ranking member Orrin Hatch, R-UT, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) urges Congress to support public policies that shift the current fee-for-...
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July 15, 2013 | Modern Healthcare
Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions generate a set fee for each visit to the Center for Primary Care in Augusta, Ga. Yet that visit will generate numerous tasks—including making referrals to calling in prescriptions to answering...
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July 10, 2013 | Medical Economics
Primary care physicians (PCPs) should soon see their Medicaid reimbursements rise to the level of those paid by Medicare —if they haven’t already. The fee parity, funding for which was included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), became...
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July 10, 2013
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is being implemented by a growing number of health organizations, with the goal of providing more comprehensive, coordinated, and patient-centered care. The major primary care medical...
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July 10, 2013 | HIT Consultant
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan saved an estimated $155 million in preventative claim costs over the first three years of its Patient Centered Medical Home program, according to analysis published in the Health Services Research Journal...
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June 17, 2013
Dr. Richard Baron (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) announced that Richard J. Baron, MD will receive the group’s prestigious Barbara Starfield Awardduring their Annual Fall Conference in...
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June 17, 2013 | AAFP News
According to presenters at a June 6 policy summit(fora.tv) on health care innovation here, the lower health care costs the United States is experiencing may be due, in part, to the growing use of innovative payment and delivery models of...
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June 3, 2013 | Consumer Reports
Remember when bankers kept, well, banker’s hours, and you couldn’t cash a check after 4 p.m. or on weekends? Banks finally woke up to their customers’ needs for convenient hours. Today customer-focused service is making itself felt in some...
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May 20, 2013 | Aetna Press Release
(excerpt from Aetna press release)  "Aetna announced today the launch of its Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program in New York. The program recognizes primary care physicians (PCPs) who more actively coordinate and manage their...
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May 15, 2013 | Kaiser Health News
Dr. Thomas Bellavia transformed his traditional medical practice in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., into a so-called medical home where patients are seen by teams of doctors and nurses.  He says it has paid off in better, more coordinated care...
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