Oncology practices often serve as the “medical home” for patients but may not have systems to support all aspects of patient-centered care. We piloted a new set of oncology medical home standards that ...

For most health systems or medical groups, adopting a program that has already been developed, tested, and adapted for various settings will be the most efficient and lowest-risk way to improve ...

The authors drafted a “Shared Values of Collaborative Care” document with fundamental principles to make better group decisions in implementing collaborative care. We established core principles of ...

Existing care management approaches, such as Principal Care Management (PCM), Transitional Care Management (TCM), and ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new primary care model—the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model—geared towards smaller, independent primary care practices and organizations ...

The MCP model represents a major step forward in centering primary care infrastructure as the focal point of US health care, moving toward value-based payment frameworks, and has the potential to ...

While revising policy and regulatory frameworks is indeed crucial to enable and promote the transition to a value-based care model, there is another important factor to consider. Dr Tamara Sunbul, ...

Nearly half of Americans live in an area without adequate mental health services. More than 85% of these so-called Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas are located in rural communities. This ...