Patient-Centered Medical Home
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model of care delivery for primary care practices holds the promise of higher-quality care, improved self-management by patients and reduced costs. Four organizations – the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, URAC, as well as The Joint Commission (July 1, 2011) – offer practices PCMH status. Accreditation, certification, recognition and achievement is one way practices can demonstrate they’ve met standards for increased access to care, including coordinated and patient-centered care, which could mean increased reimbursement from payers and higher patient satisfaction. Our resources can help you decide whether the PCMH model is right for your practice, as well as help you adopt this model.
Articles and blogs
MGMA Connexion magazine article (March 2012): Will the real PCMH step forward? 
Blog: MGMA creates assessment tool for PCMH programs
Blog: 4 steps to creating a patient care team
Blog: 4 obstacles to patient-centered care and how to overcome them
Blog: Physician communication and the patient-centered medical home
MGMA Connexion magazine article: Will the real PCMH step forward?
MGMA Connexion magazine article: Shared Experience: Medical groups embrace dawn of new day
MGMA Connexion magazine article: The State of Medical Practice: PCMH offers financial, health benefits
MGMA Connexion magazine article: Is your practice becoming a ‘home’?
MGMA Connexion magazine article: There's no place like ... a patient-centered medical home
More on PCMH
Books and Surveys
PCMH Care Coordination Workboook
Is PCMH Right for my Practice?
PCMH – Access Workbook
PCMH – Care Management Workbook
Guide to Medical Home Reimbursement
Model Medical Homes Benchmarks and Case Studies in Patient-Centered Care
Mastering Patient Flow
Tools and Research
Incremental Cost Estimates for the Patient-Centered Medical Home
The Commonwealth Fund 2009 study, co-authors include MGMA’s Dave Gans and Terry Hammons
A House Is Not a Home: Keeping Patients at the Center of Practice Redesign
The patient-centered medical home could well be a transformative innovation—for some practices now, but for many others only in the long run. Health Affairs, Sept/Oct 2008. Co-authors include MGMA-ACMPE's Dave Gans and Terry Hammons
Join the the PCMH conversation in the MGMA Medical Home member community
Education
Program: The MGMA 2012 Patient-Centered Medical Home Program is packed with opportunities for you to listen and interact with the experts; collaborate and learn from your peers; prepare your practice for successful transformation; and gain new insights into how the core elements of the PCMH model — care coordination, patient engagement, physician buy-in and certification/accreditation — can be optimized in your practice for immediate results. April 23-24, 2012 in Chicago