With Medicare soon releasing a final rule on reducing hospital readmissions, hospitals need to strengthen their efforts in this endeavor. Hospitals with the highest rates of readmissions can face the ...

Healthcare reform will emphasize the medical home model, but the nation may not have enough primary care doctors to handle the workload, according to a study by the University of Michigan Health ...

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System has launched a model of care that expands on its patient-centered medical home model in Pennsylvania, according to a report by The Abington Journal.

Stamford Mayor Caroline Simmons cuts the ribbon at the new Abilis medical model home. Photo courtesy of Cheryl Moss STAMFORD ...

Veterans Affairs (VA) piloted three new patient-centered medical home (PCMH) models adding new team roles and increasing panel sizes. Implementation revealed that basic structure and processes must be ...

A three-year patient-centered medical home pilot program led to few quality gains and no reductions hospital utilization or total cost of care, a RAND Corporation study found. The Southeastern ...

Anthem will begin paying primary-care doctors more to take care of patients and for the time they spend planning patient care. And if health-care costs go down, Anthem will share the savings with ...

CMS has approved a new program under the healthcare reform law that allows Medicaid programs to provide new health home services for people with chronic conditions. Using new tools and resources ...