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- There is a growing push to extend the patient-centered medical home model to rural and underserved areas as a way to improve healthcare access and quality.
- This model is seen as a potential cost-saving approach for managing chronic diseases, but its implementation in rural settings is uncertain.
- The article explores how the Affordable Care Act of 2010 may empower rural healthcare providers to deliver better coordinated and cost-effective patient-centered services, even amidst budget constraints and workforce challenges.
Article Abstract
Many are calling for the expansion of the patient-centered medical home model into rural and underserved populations as a transformative strategy to address issues of access, efficiency, quality, and sustainability in the delivery of health care. Patient-centered medical homes have been touted as a promising cost-saving model for comprehensive management of persons with chronic diseases and disabilities, but it is unclear how rural practitioners in medically underserved areas will implement the patient-centered medical home. This article examines how the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act of 2010 will enhance rural providers' ability to provide patient-centered care and services contemplated under the Act in a comprehensive, coordinated, cost-effective way despite leaner budgets and health workforce shortages.
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