The three committees in the House of Representatives with jurisdiction on health care (Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and Energy and Commerce) have issued a combined “Tri-committee” discussion draft on proposed health care reform legislation. A critical and innovative component of this draft is a pilot program for the “Community-Based Medical Home” (Sec. 1302. [...]
Programs which are diverse, creative and innovative should be invited to participate in the CCMIC and RLN, but they should also be carefully specified – i.e., program elements, processes, protocols and operational standards should be clearly described and documented Flexibility with regard to changes to programs during their study periods is key, but these also [...]
I participated in a terrific meeting (June 3) sponsored by the National Coalition on Care Coordination (N3C) to brainstorm ideas about the smartest way to finance and pay for care coordination. Lots of bright and passionate people in the room responding to an excellent working draft paper on the subject authored by Robert Berenson, MD and [...]
