Caring for a population ... one patient at a time
Something about population-based care seems inconsistent with family medicine, at least on the surface. If you wanted to improve the health of populations, you would have gone into public health,...
View ArticleIs your practice a medical home?
From NPR.org:"Insurers will also pay [practices participating in a medical home pilot project] bonuses for keeping patients healthy. So, behind the scenes, the office is keeping track of patients,...
View ArticleA detour on the way to the medical home
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published an update on the long-delayed Medicare Medical Home Demonstration. The September announcement from the Department of Health...
View ArticleSurvey: Practice execs see little payer momentum on "innovative" payment models
It's still early in the evolution of health care reimbursement from fee-for-service to more performance-based models.But most practice executives don't like what they're seeing.In its most recent...
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