Medical Home. A health care setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, their Primary Care Providers, and when appropriate, the patient’s family to provide comprehensive primary care.
Medical Home. Contractor shall educate Affiliated Providers about the Medical Home model and the importance of using it to integrate all aspects of each Enrollee’s care, as well as how to become a Medical Home.
Medical Home. Contractor’s Affiliated Provider network shall include Providers that serve as Medical Homes, which may include FQHCs, CMHCs and multi-specialty PCP-centered medical groups, private practice PCP offices and nurse practitioner-led clinics. Medical Homes will be patient- centered in approach with the capacity to provide access to a personal clinician and care team that offers individualized, high quality comprehensive primary care and coordinates specialty and other needed services. Medical Homes will demonstrate competence in the following areas: effective care coordination; family and caregiver involvement; health promotion and Wellness Programs; self-management strategies; and Chronic Health Condition management. Medical Homes shall provide all PCP services and be supported by Integrated Care Teams and Health Information Technology. Contractor will support Medical Homes and the integration of behavioral and physical health care at FQHCs, CMHCs and high volume Providers that agree to this approach.
Medical Home. Contractor’s Affiliated Provider network shall include Providers that act as Medical Homes, with a focus on FQHCs, CMHCs and multi-specialty PCP-centered medical groups and private practice PCP offices. Medical Homes shall be patient-centered medical homes that provide and coordinate high quality, planned, family-centered health promotion; Wellness Programs; acute illness care; and Chronic Health Condition management. Medical Homes shall provide all PCP services and be supported by Integrated Care Teams and Health Information Technology. Contractor will support Medical Homes and the integration of behavioral and physical health care by providing embedded Care Coordinators, as appropriate, onsite at FQHCs, CMHCs and high volume Providers that agree to this approach.
Medical Home. The meaning assigned to a patient-centered Medical Home in Texas Government Code § 533.0029(a).
Medical Home. An approach to providing comprehensive primary care that facilitates partnerships between individual Members, their providers, and, where appropriate, the Member's family. The primary care practice selected by or for a Member, through which Members receive continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care within the PCCM Program.
Medical Home. Contractor shall assign each Enrollee to a Medical Home, which may be a single provider, Facility, or health care team that maintains the Enrollee’s medical information and coordinates Enrollee’s health care services. The Medical Homes shall meet the requirements of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 15910.2(b)(2).
Medical Home. County will initially assign each Eligible Member to a Medical Home in accordance with Welfare & Institutions Code Section 15910.2(b)(2) and shall transmit the assignment to Alliance through the daily eligibility file. The Medical Home shall provide a primary health care contact; an intake assessment; care coordination, care management, case management, and transitions among levels of care, if needed and as agreed to between the Medical Home and Alliance. Use of clinical guidelines and other evidence-based medicine when applicable will focus on continuous improvement in quality of care; timely access to qualified health care interpretation as needed and as appropriate; and health information, education, and support in a culturally competent manner. Alliance may change a Member’s Medical Home at the request of the Member.
Medical Home. Children born with a metabolic or genetic condition often “require an extensive range of different services” and could need these services over the course of their entire life (2). The medical home is a concept developed to alleviate some of the challenges faced by patients and their families in the medical system. “Families have had to navigate a maze of organizations, providers, and geographic and financial barriers” in order to get appropriate care (2). Pass, et al. presented the medical home as a place where “all providers and parents share responsibility for ensuring that a child has access to the medical and non-medical services needed to help him or her achieve maximum potential” (2). Put another way, “the medical home is defined as care that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective” (9). “Most often the medical home is provided by primary care physicians; however, in a limited number of cases, specialty clinics can provide a full range of services (including primary care) and be considered the medical home for a child with complex health care needs” (9). The medical home is an integral part of ensuring that children are actually receiving adequate care for their conditions and are not lost to follow-up. A 2003 survey regarding the medical home found that twelve states (24%) indicated there was a procedure in place for identifying the infant’s medical home before the child’s birth (9). By 2006, 69% of states (n = 38) ensured that patients had access to a medical home over their lifespan (18).
