Community-Based Medical Home: Important element of House Tri-Committee Discussion Draft
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. (d)). This part of the draft legislation would support qualifying multi-disciplinary teams delivering community-based services for chronic care management AND the primary care providers with whom they collaborate to work together effectively; each being eligible to receive a per patient per month fee. THIS IS A CRITICAL PIECE OF HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION and deserves your support. Please consider contacting your members of the House and Senate to support such legislation.
By supporting organizations like HQP, who are experts in working with providers to help prevent avoidable complications of chronic diseases, human suffering can be reduced, costs can be better controlled and health outcomes and quality of life improved. That’s what we’ve seen by applying this type of model under the Medicare Coordinated Care Demonstration. It is effective and deserves wider implementation and testing.
A description and full copy of the Tri-committee discussion draft can be obtained here.
