Patient-Centered Medical Home
ACP Delivers Expanded PCMH Resources Online
A new and enhanced Patient-Centered Medical Home web section is now available to assist members in planning for a PCMH-oriented practice.
PCMH News
July 16, 2008 PCMH Purchaser Guide is now available. The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), a coalition representing the country's national business leaders, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians and other health care stakeholders, released its Purchaser Guide to the patient-centered medical home. The Purchaser Guide is a handbook for understanding the medical home model and taking action to advance its implementation. See the full press release.
Advocacy Efforts
ACP and AAFP urge CMS to test three PCMH levels in Medicare demo project
(16-Jun-08)Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
; Testimony to: The House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health (10-May-07)ACP Hill Briefing on Patient-Centered Primary Care (23-Mar-07)
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Policy Highlights
How is a Shortage of Primary Care Physicians Affecting the Quality and Cost of Medical Care?
, November 2008
The Role of International Medical Graduates in the U.S. Physician Workforce - September 2008
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