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6 best practices of patient-centered medical homes
"There's no one way to set up a medical home or one way for paying a medical home," said Laura Etchen, partner at healthcare consulting company The Chartis Group in Chicago at the American College of
6 best practices of patient-centered medical homes
"There's no one way to set up a medical home or one way for paying a medical home," said Laura Etchen, partner at healthcare consulting company The Chartis Group in Chicago at the American College of
First candidates seek NCQA accountable care accreditation
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) yesterday announced six candidates for its accountable care organization (ACO) accreditation program, launched just two months ago . Among the
Medical home achievement the goal of athenahealth 'accelerator program'
athenahealth has launched an "accelerator program" for its cloud-based electronic health record to help physicians achieve recognition as patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). athenahealth is the
Patient-centeredness evalutated for medical home recognition
Up to this point, patient-centered medical homes have been recognized and rewarded mostly by measuring practice capabilities, rather than by assessing whether care is actually patient-centered. In
Most PCPs on quest to create medical homes
Among 341 U.S. primary care and multispecialty practices surveyed by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), a whopping 70 percent said they were in the process of transforming or were
EHR use included in new NCQA medical home standards
Meaningful use provisions are embedded throughout the new 2011 evaluation standards for patient-centered medical homes issued this week by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to
Quality initiatives offer alternative to 'meat-ax' cost-cutting approach
America has arrived at a "now-or-never moment to contain healthcare costs," according to Margaret O'Kane, president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. "Value is no longer just nice to
Commercial plans lag behind Medicare plans on quality indicators
When it comes to health plans, big spenders don't always deliver the best care, according to the new State of Health Care Quality report from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, a private,
NCQA: Healthcare quality improvement stalls
After more than a decade of improvement, healthcare quality remained flat in 2008, particularly in the mental health and substance abuse arena, according to an annual report by the National Committee
