Press Room
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- Region's Medical Homes Aiming for Top Patient Care
June 21, 2010 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill Health Center is one of 10 in the Pittsburgh area aiming for recognition as Patient-Centered Medical Homes. - Health Care Reform and Primary Care — The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center
April 28, 2010 - New England Journal of Medicine
With an eye toward meeting the primary care needs of an estimated 32 million newly insured Americans, the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act underwrites community health centers. - Creative Payment Reform Initiatives Abound Nationwide
March 12, 2010 - Healthcare Finance News
Innovative programs, such as tying the payment system to the delivery system, could help bend the healthcare cost curve, according to Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund.
- Pittsburgh Clinics Also Test Patient Care Model
January 6, 2010 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh is among five areas nationally in which designated primary care safety net clinics are participating in a four-year initiative to become high-performing, patient-centered medical homes. - Grant Funds Expansion of 'Medical Home' Biz Model
November 6, 2009 - Portland Business Journal
The grant providers hope the team-oriented “medical homes” model will lower health care costs by keeping patients healthier and by making primary care more satisfying for physicians.
- Patient-Centered Care Goal of New State Program
September 2009 - Fifty Plus Advocate (Boston Metro Edition)
Fourteen Massachusetts Community Health Centers will be converted into Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) over the next four years.
- Health Centers Use Teamwork in Patient Care
August 2, 2009 - The Boston Globe
State officials recently announced that Massachusetts will receive $500,000 in grant money to support the transformation of 14 community health centers into “patient-centered medical homes.’’ - Colorado Selected to Lead Health Care Improvement Effort
July 20, 2009 - Berthoud Recorder
As health care reform whirls around the national stage this summer, 15 community clinics in Colorado are already getting started on a pilot project to improve the system. - Revere Health Center Gets Primary Care Help
June 15, 2009 - The Daily Item of Lynn
Half a million dollars in state health care money will assist Revere Health Center and 13 other centers in providing direct primary care to their patients. - Joseph M. Smith Center Among Grant Recipients
June 5, 2009 - The Daily News Tribune
The Patrick Administration announced today that Massachusetts will receive $500,000 in grant funding to support the transformation of 14 community health centers, including Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center in Waltham and Allston, into patient-centered medical homes over a 4-year period. - New National Initiative to Transform Safety-Net Clinics into Medical Homes in 5 States
May 7, 2009 - Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
The Commonwealth Fund, in collaboration with eight co-funders, is launching a national Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, which will provide $6 million dollars over four years to help 68 community health centers in five states transform into patient-centered medical homes. - "There's No Place Like (a Medical) Home"
October 2008 - Case in Point
The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative is featured in the October/November 2008 issue of Case in Point, the official magazine of the Case Management Society of America.
The Commonwealth Fund Announcements
- 5/29/09 - Oregon Health Care Clinics Awarded Grant to Expand "Patient-Centered Medical Homes"
The grant will support health centers that serve the vulnerable and disadvantaged in achieving high performance through a patient-centered medical home model of delivery.
- 5/12/09 - Idaho Primary Care Association Receives Commonwealth Fund Grant to Transform Safety-Net Clinics into Patient-Centered Medical Homes
IPCA will receive $500,000 over the course of the four-year initiative to work with 13 Idaho safety-net primary care clinics to facilitate their transformation into Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
- 5/6/09 - Colorado Efforts to Accelerate to Support Medical Home Transformation in Safety Net Clinics
Colorado is one of five states selected for the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative, a four-year initiative to work with existing safety net clinics and community stakeholders to reach high levels of quality, efficiency and patient experience.
- 5/6/09 - New National Initiative To Transform Safety-Net Clinics Into Medical Homes In Five States
The Colorado Community Health Network, the Idaho Primary Care Association, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services & Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, the Oregon Primary Care Association & CareOregon, and the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative were selected from a pool of 42 applicants as Regional Coordinating Centers (RCCs) for the Initiative.
- 5/27/08 - Qualis Health to Lead Commonwealth Fund National Medical Home Initiative for Safety Net Clinics
Qualis Health, a Seattle-based nonprofit quality improvement organization, will lead a groundbreaking five year initiative to support 50 safety-net clinics in achieving high performance through transformation to the patient-centered medical home model of healthcare delivery.
