Rollout of Florida Blue Medical Home Exercise in Quality, Innovation
Don't rely on technology, and don't expect busy doctors to take on added administrative tasks. Those are just two lessons that have shaped Florida Blue's programs to improve the quality of primary care...
View ArticleUPMC Home Visits Target Unplanned Care in Emergency Departments
UPMC members who treat the ER as a primary care provider can expect a home visit from the health plan's community teams of nurses and social workers. Community teams visit these members at home to...
View ArticleQ&A: Florida Blue Applies PCMH Principle of Increased Access
Providing six hours per week of after-hours coverage is a requirement of the Florida Blue patient-centered medical home (PCMH) so that members have complete access to their physicians no matter what...
View ArticleHealthcare 3.0: Health Coaches Inspire Accountability at the Patient Level
The patient is probably the greatest untapped resource in healthcare, and professionals need to partner with them to improve patient outcomes. That’s the key premise behind Healthcare 3.0, William...
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Healthcare Business Week in Review: Oncology PCMH; Medication Management;...
As families gathered this week to celebrate Thanksgivikkuh, (which won't happen again for 77,000 years!) we offered several stories that demonstrate the strength of partnerships. To begin, a...
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5 Attributes of Medical Home Neighborhoods, Where Practitioners Unite for...
"The healthcare world is changing in ways that many of us have never seen in our lifetime with the possible exception of Medicare," says Dr. Terry McGeeney, director of BDC Advisors, a veteran of the...
View Article3 2014 Trends for Health Plans
Influencing primary care, aggregating and mining data, and embracing bundled or episode-based payments are three trends that will influence health plans in 2014, predicts Catherine Sreckovich, managing...
View Article4 Trends for Healthcare Providers in 2014
Dual-track medical homes, e-visits, retooled patient handoffs and more post-acute care are predicted provider trends for 2014, according to Steven Valentine, president of The Camden Group. HIN...
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8 Challenges to Medical Home Success
"What's important about patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) is that they're patient-centered. PCMHs are a partnership among practitioners, patients and their families that ensures and respects the...
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Care Coordination Compacts: Establishing Accountability, Clarity between...
It's a scenario that occurs time and time again, and is a deep source of frustration for all involved: a physician refers a patient to a specialist, but hears nothing back from that specialist. In...
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HINfographic: 10 Things to Know About Patient-Centered Medical Homes in 2014
Having established a firm foundation over two decades of patient-centered care, the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is poised for renovation, expanding into medical neighborhoods and opening...
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2014 Value-Based Priorities: Population Health, Care Coordination, Integrated...
From an early surge in Medicare accountable care collaborations (ACOs) to the problematic rollout of the nation’s historic health insurance exchanges during a 16-day government shutdown, healthcare in...
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8 Challenges to Medical Home Success
"The reality of today is that the healthcare world as we know it is changing more than any time since the advent of Medicare," says Dr. Terry McGeeney, director of BDC Advisors. System coordination,...
View Article4 Goals for Furthering Care Coordination in the Medical Neighborhood
With the advent of the medical neighborhood, care coordination is no longer the sole domain of the primary care practice (PCP), but a responsibility shared among all providers that touch the patient....
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5 Features of the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) are not about pigeon-holing certain diseases or illnesses, says Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, director at BDC Advisors, but about delivering acute and chronic care...
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