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Change is hard enough; transformation to a patient-centered medical home requires epic whole-practice reimagination and redesign.

- Dr. Paul Nutting,"Initial Lessons from the First National Demonstration Project on Practice Transformation to a PCMH"

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About Medical Home Recognition

Can your practice become a Patient Centered Medical Home?

Patient-Centered Medical Home recognition means better care for patients, and will soon result in performance-based payment incentives for providers. PCDC assists practices in becoming National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognized Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH). We help providers:

Conduct assessments to determine whether a practice is PCMH eligible, and what they need to achieve PCMH recognition.
Implement and document new patient-centered processes
Prepare and submit surveys and documentation needed for NCQA recognition and ensure that they are properly documented.

Click here for PCDC's "Obtaining Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: A How To Manual"

Click here to inquire about Medical Home Recognition Services from PCDC's Performance Improvement Team

PCDC Services in Facilitating Medical Home Transformation

PCDC utilizes the Patient-Centered Medical Home principles as a driving force behind its approach to Practice Redesign and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology. With its multi-disciplinary expertise , PCDC helps identify provider needs and implement solutions that enhance a provider's "medical homeness." We help providers achieve:

Superb patient access, including same day appointments- a prominent feature of the medical home
Patient-centered work processes that respect the patient's time and needs and place the patient first
Building interdisciplinary care teams
Empanelling patients and panel management, especially for the care of chronically ill patients
Care coordination, especially through the use of HIT and Health Information Exchange
Use of evidence based protocols and decision support, including prevention through the use of HIT
Electronic Health Record (EHR) selection, adoption and use for practice changes, without which many PCMH requirements are unachievable (i.e., decision support, use of evidence based protocols, care coordination, management of chronically ill)

PCDC Medical Home Expertise

In a major project funded by the New York Community Trust, PCDC has released "Obtaining Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition: A How-To Manual"which provides a comprehensive framework and free toolkit for safety net providers seeking PCMH recognition from the NCQA;
PCDC serves as faculty to the Commonwealth Fund National Safety Net Medical Home Initiative;
PCDC participates in the New York Emblem Medical Home High Value Network Demonstration, as advisors and working directly with centers to help achieve NCQA recognition.