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Group Health rolls out major medical home initiative
The conversation about the "medical home" model--one which, in essence, blends the tools of high tech patient population management with some old fashioned care giving--is quickly moving from an... Read more...
MGMA 2009: What's all this about a medical home?
While there has been a lot of talk about turning primary care practices into patient-centered medical homes, most real-life efforts are at the pilot stage. And while these pilots do have some things... Read more...
Medical home pilots will impact 20,000 Blue Cross of Illinois beneficiaries
In yet another example that medical homes are taking root, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois has launched medical home pilot programs with two Chicago-area group practices. As with other medical... Read more...
Study: Medical homes boost quality, cut costs
The patient-centered medical home model is looking sexier by the minute, with studies increasingly suggesting that it works well on financial and clinical grounds. This time, it's a study done by the... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Model lets patients pay directly for medical home
Paying for a medical home directly, without health plans as intermediaries, could give patients 24/7 access to care while lowering costs to the system as a whole. That, at least, is the claim made by... Read more...
Report: Five medical home recommendations for states
The "medical home" concept is all the rage these days, as many health leaders believe that it can cut costs and improve patient management. The question, however, is what model works best, as the... Read more...
One in five Medicare patients readmitted to hospitals within 30 days
Medicare patients readmitted to hospitals cost an estimated $17.4 billion in 2004, several years before a legion of aging baby boomers will become eligible for the entitlement. Better planning for... Read more...
MedPAC urges medical home research
To date, the medical home model seems to have racked up some encouraging research... Read more...
Trend: Medical home funding sources grow
While the notion of a "medical home" has been bubbling up through the healthcare industry for some time, it's still something of a new idea for many consumers, who've never lived in an era when... Read more...
Trend: ED 'super users' generating big expenses
Everyone in the hospital business knows about the emergency department's "frequent fliers"-- the folks who show up a few times a month due to one pain or another, either because they're uninsured,... Read more...
