What is a Patient-Centered Medical Home?
There is a lot of buzz about the Patient-Centered Medical Home. What is it and what does it mean for your practice? There are dozens of professional societies, business coalitions, consulting firms, accreditation agencies, governments and insurance companies that all have a little different perspective on the Patient-Centered Medical Home.
All that discussion can be summarized this way: The Patient-Centered Medical Home is the ideal physician practice for primary care, especially preventive care and the management of chronic disease. The Patient-Centered Medical Home is about strong patient-physician relationships, engaged patients, new access to the physician, simple computer technology to track patient care against evidence-based standards and supportive teams that help educate patients about their disease and stay committed to their care plan. The focus of the Patient-Centered Medical Home is managing care, inside the office and out.
Patient-Centered Medical Home Incentive Programs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) has developed a certification program focusing on Patient-Centered Medical Homes. Once certified, your practice can receive increased reimbursement for Evaluation and Management services of at least 10 percent.
This program is an on-going initiative developed by BCBSM to improve the quality of patient care. The program requires each practice to go through a recertification process annually. Each year as the program advances, the certification criteria will also become more advanced.
Not currently certified with BCBSM? Join Michigan Family Physicians Care to become a BCBSM certified Patient-Centered Medical Home.
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