Rural Medical Homes resources related to rural health and human services, with information provided by the Rural Assistance Center Copyright 2010 Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.orghttp://www.raconline.org/info_guides/medicalhomes/ Washington DC March 30, 2010 -- Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative http://www.pcpcc.net/event/stakeholder/3-30-10 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:32:06 CST http://www.pcpcc.net/event/stakeholder/3-30-10 An overview of Community Care of North Carolina, a public-private partnership that comprises local providers who form a medical home for low-income adults and children. Includes references to rural. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Case%20Study/2009/Jun/1219_McCarthy_CCNC_case_study_624_update.pdf Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:15:01 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Case%20Study/2009/Jun/1219_McCarthy_CCNC_case_study_624_update.pdf Outlines nine recommendations for the Title VII, section 747 program to support primary care training and to prepare training programs to educate clinicians to practice in the patient-centered medical home and dental home (PCM-DH). Addresses issues and topics specifically related to rural areas. -- Health Resources and Services Administration ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/actpcmd/seventhreport.pdf Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:32:23 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bhpr/actpcmd/seventhreport.pdf Reports to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on issues related to rural America. Examines three key topics: workforce and community development, creating viable patient-centered medical homes, and serving at-risk children. -- National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/reports/2009_NAC.pdf Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:57:35 CST http://ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/reports/2009_NAC.pdf Discusses how Medicaid and CHIP have strong foundational bases to develop policies that support medical homes and achieve the goals of quality improvement and cost containment. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2009/Jun/Building%20Medical%20Homes%20in%20State%20Medicaid%20and%20CHIP%20Programs/medicalhomesfinal_revised.pdf Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:16:59 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2009/Jun/Building%20Medical%20Homes%20in%20State%20Medicaid%20and%20CHIP%20Programs/medicalhomesfinal_revised.pdf Offers details on what is involved when starting a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). Includes a checklist and information on practice organization, health information technology (HIT), quality measures, and patient experience. -- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/membership/initiatives/pcmh.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:13:32 CST http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/membership/initiatives/pcmh.html Describes the successes experienced by two health care centers that offer medical home services to their patients. Advocates in the Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) and the Lakewood Health System in Staples, Minnesota describe their programs. -- Rural Assistance Center http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/spring09.php#cover Thu, 28 May 2009 12:31:28 CST http://www.raconline.org/newsletter/web/spring09.php#cover Offers information about how medical homes could ensure accessible, patient-centered, and coordinated care for all Americans. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/From-the-President/2009/Can-Patient-Centered-Medical-Homes-Transform-Health-Care-Delivery.aspx Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:49:54 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/From-the-President/2009/Can-Patient-Centered-Medical-Homes-Transform-Health-Care-Delivery.aspx Provides a set of steps to use with the Family and Provider Tools for a full assessment of a practice setting or of a family. Can be used as an educational tool to build awareness and knowledge of family-centered care. -- Family Voices http://www.familyvoices.org/pub/projects/fcca_UsersGuide.pdf Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:27:29 CST http://www.familyvoices.org/pub/projects/fcca_UsersGuide.pdf Designed for health care providers in quality improvement activities and to support development of the first key component of a medical home as defined by the American Academy of Pediatrics. -- Family Voices http://www.familyvoices.org/pub/projects/fcca_ProviderTool.pdf Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:21:36 CST http://www.familyvoices.org/pub/projects/fcca_ProviderTool.pdf Grassroots network of families and friends, advocates for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent for all children and youth with special health care needs. http://www.familyvoices.org/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:02:50 CST http://www.familyvoices.org/ Lists five principles identifying why AAMC believes medical home models hold great promise for improving the health of populations and individuals. -- Association of American Medical Colleges https://services.aamc.org/Publications/showfile.cfm?file=version117.pdf&prd%5Fid=242&prv%5Fid=296&pdf%5Fid=117 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:54:42 CST https://services.aamc.org/Publications/showfile.cfm?file=version117.pdf&prd%5Fid=242&prv%5Fid=296&pdf%5Fid=117 Looks at key operational issues facing medical home initiatives, including how to qualify physician practices as medical homes, how to match patients to their medical homes, how to engage patients and other providers to work with medical homes in care coordination, and how to pay practices that serve as medical homes. -- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1030/1030.pdf Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:51:43 CST http://www.hschange.org/CONTENT/1030/1030.pdf Discusses the medical home concept and its approach to improving health care delivery in the United States. -- Association of American Medical Colleges https://services.aamc.org/Publications/showfile.cfm?file=version117.pdf&prd%5Fid=242&prv%5Fid=296&pdf%5Fid=117 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:48:47 CST https://services.aamc.org/Publications/showfile.cfm?file=version117.pdf&prd%5Fid=242&prv%5Fid=296&pdf%5Fid=117 Briefly describes the history of the Medical Home concept and its development, funding strategies, collaborations, future implications, and sample programs. -- Grantmakers in Health http://www.gih.org/usr_doc/Issue_Focus_11-17-08.pdf Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:46:11 CST http://www.gih.org/usr_doc/Issue_Focus_11-17-08.pdf Describes various types of Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) pilot and demonstration projects by state as of 2008. Includes contact information of project leaders and stakeholders. -- Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative http://www.pcpcc.net/content/pcpcc_pilot_report.pdf Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:51:18 CST http://www.pcpcc.net/content/pcpcc_pilot_report.pdf Explores the option to use the Medicare program to provide patient-centered medical home services to medically underserved, urban, and rural areas. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/12/1200?query=TOC Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:38:01 CST http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/12/1200?query=TOC Addresses barriers to creating successful medical homes and offers approaches to help overcome these barriers. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/12/1202?query=TOC Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:28:37 CST http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/359/12/1202?query=TOC Presents a study of 291 large medical group practices and finds that adoption of medical home infrastructure is low, with very large groups having the highest levels of adoption. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=704010 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:03:35 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=704010 Provides evidence that the patient-centered medical home model can improve quality of care and reduce health care costs. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=704008 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:02 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=704008 Presents testimony on person-centered care for older adults in ambulatory care settings. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=697210 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:04:37 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=697210 Identifies forum topics including medical home perceptions. Considers how a medical home might be defined, financed, and evaluated and to whom it should most appropriately be made available. -- National Health Policy Forum http://www.nhpf.org/library/forum-sessions/FS_06-27-08_MedicalHome.pdf Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:00:55 CST http://www.nhpf.org/library/forum-sessions/FS_06-27-08_MedicalHome.pdf Describes how HRSA-funded health centers improve the lives of the more than 16 million people they treat each year. Uses personal stories, examples and background statistics. Highlights agencies who work to overcome language and cultural barriers that often have thwarted efforts to serve poor and minority patients living on the margins of mainstream society. -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bphc/HRSA_HealthCenterProgramReport.pdf Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:01:59 CST ftp://ftp.hrsa.gov/bphc/HRSA_HealthCenterProgramReport.pdf Online video of Melinda Abrams, senior program officer for the Program on Patient-Centered Primary Care, reviews the benefits of medical homes as well as how The Commonwealth Fund is helping to address outstanding questions about reimbursement, office redesign, and standardization. -- Commonwealth Fund http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Multimedia/Videos/2008/Mar/Melinda-Abrams--Why-Medical-Homes-Matter.aspx Tue, 06 May 2008 10:39:53 CST http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Multimedia/Videos/2008/Mar/Melinda-Abrams--Why-Medical-Homes-Matter.aspx Presents a fundamentally new model of payment for primary care, replacing encounter-based imbursement with comprehensive payment for comprehensive care. -- Society of General Internal Medicine http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/medicalhomes/pdf/Fundamental_Reform_of_Payment.pdf Mon, 05 May 2008 09:09:27 CST http://www.raconline.org/info_guides/medicalhomes/pdf/Fundamental_Reform_of_Payment.pdf Provides information on the patient centered medical home. Includes fact sheets, overview, summary, joint principles, pricing fee schedule, and more. -- National Committee for Quality Assurance http://www.ncqa.org/tabid/631/Default.aspx Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:34:28 CST http://www.ncqa.org/tabid/631/Default.aspx Offers stories and insights by Wisconsin physicians and families on creating a Medical Home Partnership. They provide key steps of quality improvement and the small steps that can make big differences for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs. http://wimedicalhometoolkit.aap.org/toolkit/index.cfm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:36:38 CST http://wimedicalhometoolkit.aap.org/toolkit/index.cfm Addresses the inequity issue in the United States health care delivery system while stressing the importance of the patient centered medical home model for primary care. -- National Academy for State Health Policy http://www.nashp.org/sites/default/files/shpbriefing_pcmhsavings.pdf Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:15:54 CST http://www.nashp.org/sites/default/files/shpbriefing_pcmhsavings.pdf Reports on new models for medical home primary-care case management programs. -- National Conference of State Legislatures http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn511c.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:00:49 CST http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/shn/2008/sn511c.htm Describes the principles set in place by the AAP, AAFP, ACP, and AOA that characterize the Patient Centered Medical Home. -- Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative http://www.pcpcc.net/node/14 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:29:40 CST http://www.pcpcc.net/node/14