Cincinnati Practices, Insurers to Collaborate on Medical Home

Three major insurers have agreed to pay 11 Cincinnati physician practices a set monthly amount to provide a patient-centered medical home in a pilot program for up to 10,000 patients, according to a report by the Business Courier of Cincinnati.

Anthem, UnitedHealthcare and Humana will pay $5 to $6 per patient per month in "care management" funds to the practices. The program, developed by Cincinnati’s Health Improvement Collaborative, also gives the practices $25,000 each to receive training in the medical home model.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has accorded the practices Level III recognition as patient centered medical homes, the highest NCQA level. Several other Cincinnati practices are transitioning to the new model.

Under the medical home model, practices remind patients of services needed, measure clinical performance of physicians and set aside some appointments for same-day call-ins. They may also hire a care coordinator for patient outreach, following up after discharge from the hospital, for example.

Read the Business Courier of Cincinnati report on the medical home.

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