National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition is suboptimal even among innovative primary care practices

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has promoted patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition among primary care practices since 2008 as a standard indicator of which practices have transformed into medical homes. A 40% PCMH adoption rate among a large national cohort of identifi...

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Published inJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 312 - 313
Main Authors Hahn, Karissa A, Gonzalez, Martha M, Etz, Rebecca S, Crabtree, Benjamin F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2014
Subjects
Patient-Centered Care - standards
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Practice-based Research
Medical Home
Patient-Centered Care
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Summary:The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has promoted patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition among primary care practices since 2008 as a standard indicator of which practices have transformed into medical homes. A 40% PCMH adoption rate among a large national cohort of identified practices with innovative staffing (n = 131) calls into question whether the NCQA recognition process is truly transformative and patient-centered or simply another certificate to hang on the wall.
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ISSN:1557-2625
1558-7118
DOI:10.3122/jabfm.2014.03.130267