First, I’ll quote the statement in the AAFP’s Alternative Payment Model document that deals with care coordination: “rimary care is best positioned to coordinate care across settings and among physicians in most cases. Primary care medical homes work closely with patients’ other health care providers to coordinate and manage care transitions,...
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The PCMH pushers love to talk about care coordination. They believe the key to more cost-effective care is to have primary care practices hire care coordinators to keep track of patients. I asked the leader of a large integrated network what his care coordinators actually do. He said they mostly track...
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