PCMH- Assisting Primary Care Physicians as well as Patients
                     
PCMH: Assisting Primary Care Physicians as well as Patients
A Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is not a particular type of hospital or building but an alternative 
approach to delivering health care that provides coordinated, continuous patient-centric medical care, 
managed by a team of individuals led by a physician. PCMHs employ the latest technology available to make 
optimum use of time and funds in order to deliver the best possible healthcare to patients. Although the 
concept is not new it has gained recognition and popularity among patients and physicians alike due to the 
recent health reforms. There are numerous pilots being carried out in various parts of the country and the 
results are positive and fruitful for healthcare providers and patients.
Coordinating Patient Care
Primarily, a PCMH integrates care across the healthcare spectrum including specialists, hospitals, therapists, 
laboratories, druggists, and home health to avoid duplicate care and curtail errors. It aims to assist physicians 
in keeping up-to-date with the patient history and also helps patients by giving them the opportunity to 
receive care from one physician over long periods of time. This simply ensures that the physician knows the 
patient’s history and the patient trusts the type of care that is being provided. 
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This in-depth knowledge of a patient’s history in a practical manner and on record allows physicians to make 
decisions that are relevant and efficient at the same time. It also offers extended hours which goes a long way 
in keeping patients out of expensive emergency rooms. Moreover, by sharing information and decision-
making with the patients, it enables and supports them to manage their own care and keep healthy.
Health Information Technology
The healthcare IT sector is another feature of PCMH that helps primary care providers to enhance the 
efficiency of the workflow process, improve the quality of care, and provide outcome measurements as well 
as accountability. Physicians, nurses, and primary healthcare providers are using this technology to make 
informed decisions on the latest and real-time information available due to Electronic Health Records (EHR).
Time
The time factor plays a vital role in the healthcare industry and patients and physicians can suffer due to the
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delays in various processes. PCMH aims to ensure that patients can visit a healthcare provider without 
scheduling on the same day that they think they need a health check-up. Time is also saved due to the e-
prescriptions which are a feature of PCMH and let the physicians prescribe medicines online. Moreover, due 
to such e-prescriptions, patients do not have to wait for their medicines since they are already ready to be 
delivered when the patient visits a PCMH.
Money
In the PCMH model, cost-effectiveness results from enhanced care and improved patient health, which 
reduce the need for healthcare services. Patient-Centered Medical Homes not only increase the efficiency of 
primary care physicians but also help in augmenting revenue by rewarding the quality of the outcome rather 
than the volume. PCMHs are also good for revenue and affordable for patients because of the incentives 
provided by the government to physicians to adopt new technology such as EMR or EHR. The New England 
Journal of Medicine has reported that PCMH increases revenue because of the sharing of savings among 
many physicians as a coordinated effort.
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The Future
The future of PCMHs is good for primary care physicians who can increase their revenue and provide better 
care for patients. This can be especially effective in caring for ailments such as diabetes, and chronic illnesses, 
and enhance preventive care. However, it can be more beneficial for primary care physicians rather than 
specialists and thus provides a solution to the most problematic area in medicine in the United States. PCMHs 
can act as an efficient entry point for patients in the health industry and provide long-term primary care for 
patients.
Outsourcing Primary Care Billing to MBC
For more information on how PCMHs are likely to impact Primary physicians and their billing processes 
effectively and cost-effectively cope with it, or to know more about our consultancy services on how 
physicians can handle these and similar issues in their practice, MedicalBillersandCoders (MBC) is a leading 
revenue cycle company providing complete medical billing services. 
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We can assist you in receiving accurate insurance reimbursement while following billing guidelines and payer 
reimbursement policies. To know more about our primary care medical billing and coding services, contact us 
at [email protected] / 888-357-3226
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