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August 28, 2008 - The Family Medicine Practice of The Polyclinic is one of 12 primary care practices included in this case study project of high-performing patient-centered primary care practices.
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August 28, 2008 - Grant Community Clinic is one of 12 primary care practices featured in Commonwealth Fund case studies of patient-centered practices.
Case Study
August 25, 2008 - The Kansas SQII team has developed a plan to define, test, and evaluate a medical home delivery model through payment reform. Phase 1, from July 2008 through July 2009, focuses on "attaining a clearer understanding of what constitutes a medical home and its importance," according to Marcia Nelson, executive director of the Kansas Heath Policy Authority and leader of the SQII team.
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August 25, 2008 - Realizing that coverage expansion, the focus of the state's 2006 health reform legislation, is not enough to improve overall health system performance, Massachusetts is undertaking what some policymakers are calling "Health Care Reform 2.0," with a focus on improving health care quality.
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August 25, 2008 - In May 2008, Minnesota legislators and Governor Tim Pawlenty reached agreement on a comprehensive package of health care payment reforms designed to promote medical homes, quality measurement, and cost and quality transparency.
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August 25, 2008 - In May 2008, Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell's Office of Healthcare Reform launched the first phase of a chronic care program among 32 primary care practices serving 220,000 patients in the southeastern region of the state, including Philadelphia.
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August 25, 2008 - Through the Vermont Blueprint for Health, a public-private initiative to improve chronic care, Vermont is creating a patient registry to track patient medical conditions and treatments, guide chronic care treatment decisions, and measure health outcomes at the group and individual levels.
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August 25, 2008 - Like the teams in Massachusetts and Kansas, Washington State's SQII team is focusing on patient-centered medical homes.
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July 24, 2008 - Case studies of two leading health care organizations show that they share a common perspective of quality improvement (QI) as integral to excellence in clinical practice and, therefore, subject to the same ethical obligation to deliver the best possible care to patients.
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June 30, 2008 - Arizona's Medicaid program, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System or AHCCCS, used the ROI calculator to help design a statewide Medicaid pay-for-performance (P4P) system for its contracted managed care organizations (MCOs).
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June 30, 2008 -
The Greater Detroit Area Health Council (GDAHC), based in Detroit, Michigan, is a broad coalition of more than 70 organizations representing health care purchasers, providers, insurers, and consumers working to try to improve health care quality, enhance access to care, and reduce health costs in southeastern Michigan.
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June 30, 2008 - Pennsylvania's Medicaid agency, the Office of Medical Assistance Programs or OMAP, used the ROI Calculator to examine the impacts of its existing disease management program on specific populations and determine how to enhance future disease management efforts.
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June 30, 2008 - The Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a private, nonprofit organization formed as part of the post-Katrina effort to rebuild the health care system in hurricane-affected areas of the state.
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June 30, 2008 - The Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation, based in Portland, Oregon, is a nonprofit partnership that brings together physician groups, nurses, hospitals, health plans, purchasers, consumers, and policymakers in an effort to improve the quality of health care in Oregon through community-wide collaboration.
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