What does PCMH have to do with ACOs?

1. What does PCMH have to do with ACOs?
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2. ACOs vs PCMH
• ACOs
– Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) can be defined
broadly as groups of doctors, nurses, physicians and
support staff who work together on profit sharing basis in
order to improve quality of care delivered to Medicare
patients
• PCMH
– Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an approach to
delivering comprehensive primary care as a health setting
that creates and facilitates a relationship between
patients, their families, and sometimes, their primary care
physicians

3. ACOs vs PCMH
• ACO is one of the proposed models in the muchdebated Obamacare act while PCMHs are also a
relatively newer concept aimed at improved quality
of healthcare in an ideal setting for patients
• The overall objective of PCMH is to improve
outcomes – results not volume. On the other hand,
the ACO model is also about improving quality care
while at the same time reducing costs

4. ACOs vs PCMH
• While both models may have their flaws, the idea is
to improve overall patient care through both of them
and reducing the costs at the same time

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