Here are three things to know:
1. Twenty studies found that PCMH initiatives continue to demonstrate improvements across a number of metrics, including cost of care, unnecessary or avoidable services, access to care and patient satisfaction.
2. The PCMH also plays an important role in strengthening the larger health care system, specifically Accountable Care Organizations and the emerging medical neighborhood model.
3. New payment models and payments reforms, such as the repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula, already incorporate PCMH. In fact, the proposal to repeal the SGR names PCMH as a supportive framework for value-based payment models.
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