Patient Centered Medical Homes in Wisconsin

A Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is simply a better way – a more effective and efficient model of health care delivery. This new model produces better care and lower costs.

In a Patient Centered Medical Home:

• Patients have a relationship with a personal primary care physician.
• A practice-based care team takes collective responsibility for the patient’s ongoing care.
• The care team is responsible for providing or arranging all the patient’s health care needs.
• Patients can expect care that is coordinated across care settings and disciplines.
• Quality is measured and improved as part of daily work flow.
• Patients experience enhanced access and communication.
• The practice uses electronic health records, registries, and other clinical support systems.

It’s time. Solid evidence supports the promise of the Patient Centered Medical Home:

• Better health outcomes
• Lower total costs
• Higher physician, staff and patient satisfaction

Physicians, payers and patients are aligned behind the concept of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative as they face a healthcare system that rewards high volume, over-specialized and inefficient care. Legislators, employers, and patients are looking for better value in health care which includes better coordination and convenience as well as better quality at lower cost.

Today, the U.S. faces the reality that its health care system produces poorer health outcomes at a much greater cost than systems of other industrialized nations that are built on a solid primary care foundation.

You can easily find out where you stand by taking the Medical Home IQ and measuring your practice against the TransforMED MHIQ Assessment’s eight core sets of competencies or modules.

Benchmark your practice’s current performance with this online tool. Answer questions and get your current score in each of the eight areas, along with recommendations for improvements.

The pay-off includes everything from greater job satisfaction to higher compensation.

• Improved patient care and satisfaction.
• Enhanced payment in a fee-for-service and pay-for-performance environment.
• Better organized and more efficient office processes.
• Higher physician and staff satisfaction.

Start the journey by exploring the many resources available to you (many free) through the AAFP and its wholly owned subsidiary, TransforMED

Read about the Patient Centered Medical Home pilots taking place around the country.

Take the MHIQ and compare your answers to the NCQA PPCPCMH™ Standards — a national recognition program based on the Patient Centered Medical Home.