Building medical homes: lessons from eight states with emerging programs

Building medical homes: lessons from eight states with emerging programs

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Kaye, Neva.
Buxbaum, Jason.
Takach, Mary.
Commonwealth Fund.
National Academy for State Health Policy (U.S.)
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2011]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Models, Organizational
Patient-Centered Care -- economics
Primary Health Care -- economics
Program Development
Financing, Government
Health Care Costs
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Satisfaction
Patient-Centered Care -- standards
Program Evaluation
Quality Assurance, Health Care -- methods
Quality Assurance, Health Care -- standards
Reimbursement, Incentive
Single-Payer System
State Government
Humans
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Many states are strategically engaging public and private payers in the design of medical home programs as a means of achieving better health outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction, and lowering per capita health care costs. The eight states profiled in this report--Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia--are at different stages in the development and implementation of a medical home program and have relied on different strategies to encourage primary care providers to adopt the model, including developing state medical home qualification standards instead of adopting national standards. As a whole, their experiences demonstrate that states can play a critical role in convening stakeholders, helping practices improve performance, and addressing antitrust concerns that arise when multiple payers come together to create a medical home program.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101574391 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101574391