Healthcare Policy Resources
Healthcare Policy Resources
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The following healthcare policy resources were developed by the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative.
Policy Brief 1 - Paying for the Medical Home: Payment Models to Support Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation in the Safety Net (October 2010)
In order for patient-centered medical home practice transformations to be sustainable, there must be payment reform to incentivize high-value, first-contact, primary care, and support medical home costs that are traditionally not reimbursed. This brief provides an introduction to payment reform opportunities to support and sustain the medical home.
- Policy Brief 3 - Paying for the Medical Home Part 2: Considering Social, Behavioral, and Environmental Factors in Payment Models (August 2011)
Primary care payment models that do not account for patient/family social, behavioral or environmental factors (which require additional provider/staff time and resources to address), in addition to health factors, may put both providers and patients at a disadvantage. This policy brief presents ideas about how payment models can be improved to better support patient-centered medical home transformation in the safety net.
- Enhanced PCMH Payment Models & Mechanisms (March 31, 2010)
Moderator: Kathryn Phillips, MPH, Qualis Health
Speaker: Michael Bailit, MBA, Bailit Health Purchasing LLC
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- Policy Brief 2 - Health Reform and the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Policy Provisions and Expectations of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (October 2010)
- National Health Care Reform: Where Do We Go From Here? (March 23, 2010)
Moderator: Jonathan Sugarman, MD, MPH, Qualis Health
Speaker: Rachel Nuzum, The Commonwealth Fund
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- CMS FQHC Advanced Primary Care Demonstration: NCQA Recognition Support and Other New Federal PCMH Opportunities (July 22, 2011)
Moderator: Jonathan Sugarman, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Qualis Health
Speakers: Bill Tulloch, Director of Government Recognition Initiatives, NCQA (Washington, DC); Jay Brooke, Executive Director, High Plains Community Health Center (Lamar, CO)
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