For Employers: What is the PCMH Program?
Would your employees be interested in a program that helps them stay healthy and manage any chronic conditions? Then you might want to tell them about the patient-centered medical home program, or PCMH.
PCMH practices
In a patient-centered medical home, one doctor leads a care team that focuses on keeping a patient healthy instead of just treating them when they are sick.
In PCMH practices, physicians lead care teams that help patients to:
- Set individualized health goals
- Take an active role in their health management
With a PCMH, patients have access to:
- Preventive care
- Counseling
- Screenings
- Education
- Nutrition counseling
- Community service resources
- Electronic prescriptions
- Secure, online access to medical records
- 24-hour access to a clinical decision maker
- Health care tracking and monitoring
Results
Since 2009, PCMH-designated practices have continued to improve the quality of care they provide.
For example, in 2017 PCMH-designated practices had 16 percent fewer adult-patient and 18 percent fewer pediatric-patient emergency room visits and 27 percent fewer inpatient hospitalizations than patients in non-designated practices.
Resources
- Download toolkits to help employees better understand their care.
- Find a Doctor with PCMH designation. Employees can use a PCMH-designated primary care physician no matter what plan they have.
- Visit Value Partnerships for more information on PCMH and other programs.
PCMH at Munson Family Practice
