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Reform Update: NCQA Previews New Medical Home Standards
The National Committee for Quality Assurance, under increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of its recognition programs, previewed new patient-centered medical home standards intended to put more emphasis on team-based care, integrating behavioral health and sustaining practice transformation.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance, under increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of its recognition programs, previewed new patient-centered medical home standards (PDF) intended to put more emphasis on team-based care, integrating behavioral health and sustaining practice transformation.
The NCQA has now recognized more than 7,000 practices in which about 36,000 clinicians practice as medical homes. But a recent Journal of the American Medicine Association study, conducted by RAND Corp. researchers between 2008 and 2011, found little quality improvement in 32 Southeast Pennsylvania practices that had NCQA recognition compared with 29 that were not recognized.
NCQA President Margaret O'Kane noted Monday during an online question-and-answer period that the JAMA study reflected a snapshot in time capturing the early days of the medical home movement with practices using the 2008 standards, which were revised in 2011 and now again in 2014.
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Source: Modern Healthcare
Humana Report Shows Benefits of Value-Based Care for Patients, Physicians
December 6th 2023Patients seen at value-based care clinics received more preventive screenings and had lower risks of hospitalization and emergency room visits, according to Humana’s 10th annual value-based care report.
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Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Thyme Care CEO and Cofounder Robin Shah
October 2nd 2023Robin Shah, CEO of Thyme Care, which he founded in 2020 with Bobby Green, MD, president and chief medical officer, joins hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, to discuss his evolution as an entrepreneur in oncology care innovation and his goal of positively changing how patients experience the cancer system.
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Overcoming Challenges to Value-Based Care Implementation: Grant Andres
November 10th 2023In an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Grant Andres, BSc, DC, BSN, MSN-RN, senior director of clinical operations at Arizona Oncology, discussed the nuances of successfully implementing value-based care initiatives across a large organization.
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Nathan Walcker Discusses Value-Based Oncology Care Initiatives at FCS
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