PCDC's Impact: Patient-Centered Medical Home

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The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model transforms how primary care is organized and delivered. Patients are encouraged to be more involved in their treatment, leading to better disease management and lower care costs. There are also financial incentives available to PCMH-recognized providers.

PCDC has helped over 800 practices achieve PCMH recognition with a 100% success rate. Our expert trainers tailor one-on-one coaching modules to each practice’s unique needs, maximizing time, value, and resources.

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Expert PCMH Perspective: Shivani Patel

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Among PCDC’s in-house experts is Shivani Patel, senior project manager in the Performance Improvement group. Patel joined PCDC in 2015 and provides Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) consulting services. In her own words below, Patel describes helping a client transform in light of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program, a New York State initiative designed to …

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PCDC Marks 200th Patient-Centered Medical Home

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New York, N.Y., March 29, 2016 – Thanks to expert assistance and coaching from the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), 200 primary care practices have now achieved National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition. In the PCMH model, primary care practices are responsible for providing and coordinating high-quality, patient-centered care for …

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PCDC Marks 200th Patient-Centered Medical Home

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Thanks to expert assistance and coaching from the Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC), 200 primary care practices have now achieved National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition. PCMH is a key element of health care payment reform currently underway in Medicaid, Medicare and commercial health plans, and is often linked to …

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PCMH Programs Increase While Incentives Fail to Meet Needs

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According to a recent report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), patient-centered medical home (PCMH) initiatives are growing rapidly throughout the country, capitalizing on the value of PCMH in reducing overall health care costs while improving quality of care. Today there are more than 160 PCMH incentive programs (up from 29 in 2009) …

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Helping Practices Become Patient-Centered Medical Homes

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Among New York communities, Hempstead, on Long Island, has a relatively high poverty rate, 38 percent higher than the average for the state. As is often the case, this has led to a large population of people and families who are utilizing state-based assistance plans such as Medicaid to cover their medical expenses. For practices …

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