Primary Care Medical Home Information

The Primary Care Medical Home is fast becoming an important part of practices nationwide. In fact, Rhode Island is well established as a front-runner in implementation of the practice. We plan to become more involved in process and as we become more involved, we will post useful PCMH information on this page. Please let us know if you have specific questions info@riafp.org.

Ready To Start Building Your PCMH? Here is some information that will be helpful.

Road to Recognition – Tools and Tips for Your Journey – - Don’t be daunted by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections – Patient Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMHTM) Standards. While achieving medical home recognition through the NCQA requires measuring and documenting what makes your practice a medical home, the AAFP has produced Road to Recognition, a guide to simplify the process. Get the guide here.

Web Seminar for Members to discuss “Meaningful Use” will be held on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. (click for full details)

In addition, the Center for Health IT has created a new web page to assist you with member questions (www.centerforhit.org/meaningfuluse). It will be updated on a regular basis with Meaningful Use information, requirements, analysis, as well as, tools and resources.