Transforming community health centers into patient-centered medical homes: the role of payment reform

Transforming community health centers into patient-centered medical homes: the role of payment reform

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Ku, Leighton, author
Shin, Peter, author
Jones, Emily, author
Bruen, Brian, author
Contributor(s):
Ku, Leighton.
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, September 2011
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Community Health Centers -- organization & administration
Community Health Services -- organization & administration
Health Care Reform
Patient-Centered Care -- statistics & numerical data
Patient-Centered Care -- trends
Reimbursement, Incentive
United States
United States. Health Resources and Services Administration.
United States.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This report examines how changes in the way federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are financed could support the transformation of these critical safety-net providers into high performing patient-centered medical homes. Through surveys and interviews, the authors explore the current landscape of health center involvement in medical home initiatives, adoption of medical home standards, and receipt of payment incentives. Based on their findings, the authors make preliminary recommendations to encourage health centers to serve as patient- and community-centered medical homes. These include: establishing recommended standards for patient- and community-centered medical homes that apply to FQHCs; structuring payment incentives to promote medical homes; including FQHCs in state Medicaid medical or health home projects; adapting payment approaches, including adding monthly case management fees; and encouraging the Health Resources and Services Administration to use quality-of-care measures in making funding decisions.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 34 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101572146 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101572146