Background: The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) describes mechanisms for
organizing primary care to provide high-quality care across the full range of individuals' …

Primary care serves as the cornerstone in a strong healthcare system. However, it has long
been overlooked in the United States (USA), and an imbalance between specialty and …

The US healthcare system is plagued by unsustainable costs and yields suboptimal
outcomes, indicating that new models of healthcare delivery are needed. The patient …

Objectives To assess baseline quality metrics, healthcare utilization, and costs of
commercially insured patients treated at practices participating in a patient-centered medical …

PURPOSE More than a decade ago the American Academy of Family Physicians, American
Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, American Board of Family Medicine, Association …

Background As healthcare reimbursement shifts from being volume to value-focused, new
delivery models aim to coordinate care and improve quality. The patient-centered medical …

Background: Physicians have traditionally been reimbursed for face-to-face visits. A new
non–visit-based payment for chronic care management (CCM) of Medicare patients took …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an innovative care model for the provision of
primary care that is being rapidly adopted in the US with the support of federal agencies and …

Background The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) offers an innovative method of
delivering primary care. However, the necessary staffing infrastructure is not well …

Early evidence suggests that the patient-centered medical home has the potential to
improve patient outcomes while reducing the cost of care. However, it is unclear how this …