Patient-Centered Medical Home
ACP Delivers Expanded PCMH Resources Online
A new and enhanced Patient-Centered Medical Home web section is now available to assist members in planning for a PCMH-oriented practice.
PCMH News
July 16, 2008 PCMH Purchaser Guide is now available. The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), a coalition representing the country's national business leaders, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians and other health care stakeholders, released its Purchaser Guide to the patient-centered medical home. The Purchaser Guide is a handbook for understanding the medical home model and taking action to advance its implementation. See the full press release.
Advocacy Efforts
- ACP's views concerning the President's budget for Fiscal Year 2012 - Letter to President Barack Obama
(18-Feb-11) - Joint letter in support of including PCMH testing in the final health care legislation; Letter from: The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (16-Mar-10)
- ACP letter to Senate Leadership Commenting on the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (H.R. 3590); Letter to: Senators Harry Reid, Max Baucus, and Tom Harkin (4-Dec-09)
- ACP letter to Senate leaders that shares our views on Senate health reform legislation (27-Oct-09)
- Joint PCPCC letter to the Senate regarding the role of the PCMH in health care reform; Letter to All Senators (14-Oct-09)
- Joint letter in support of including support for patient-centered medical homes and primary care in health care reform; Letter to: Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), chairman of Ways and Means Committee (20-Jul-09)
- H.R. 1898, the Life Sustaining Treatment Preferences Act of 2009; Letter To: Congressman Blumenauer (5-May-09)
ACP and AAFP urge CMS to test three PCMH levels in Medicare demo project
(16-Jun-08)Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
; Testimony to: The House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health (10-May-07)ACP Hill Briefing on Patient-Centered Primary Care (23-Mar-07)
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Policy Highlights
- Strengthening the Public Health Infrastructure (April 2012)
- Reforming Medicare in the Age of Deficit Reduction (April 2012)
- The Role of Performance Assessment in a Reformed Health Care System (November 2011)
Public Policy References
ACP Policy Compendium 2011
A summary of ACP's public policy positions.
Public Policy Virtual Library
The Public Policy Virtual Library (PPVL) is a repository of ACP's current and historic policies.
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