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Follow on Google News | DMAA White Paper Examines Commonalities of Medical Home, Population HealthNew DMAA paper compares NCQA medical home recognition criteria with Disease Management Accreditation standards to show common ground.
By: DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance "In fact, if based on the underlying principles used to create each of the standard sets, it can be argued that the integration of an NCQA-accredited disease management organization in a physician practice supports every one of the elements" in National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) medical home criteria, DMAA says in the paper, "The Medical Home and Population Health Improvement: DMAA compares side-by-side the criteria for NCQA "Physician Practice Connections-- "This analysis suggests that adoption of a typical disease management organization's IT process could theoretically fulfill more than half the points necessary to achieve PPC-PCMH recognition," "Population health improvement strategies, such as disease management, provide significant support for the patient-centered medical home," DMAA President and CEO Tracey Moorhead says. "Combined, the complementary strengths of the medical home and population health improvement translate to improved health outcomes and a cost-effective approach to chronic condition care in a physician practice." The white paper offers a brief history of both the medical home and disease management and finds many common features in addition to use of IT: Both emphasize a population-based approach; accept responsibility for clinical and financial outcomes; rely on evidence-based clinical guidelines; embrace the value of non-physician health care providers, such as case managers; and promote patient self-management. "Physicians who rely on NCQA-accredited disease management organizations have long understood the valuable contributions these collaborative programs make to the care of chronically ill patients," says Jaan Sidorov, MD, a former DMAA Board member who authored the white paper. "This paper adds context by helping physicians and patients compare and contrast the NCQA standards for disease management with those for medical home recognition." DMAA recommends that the "under-recognized overlap" in disease management accreditation and medical home recognition be further examined to determine if "cross-recognition" DMAA has made the white paper available for download on its Web site, www.dmaa.org. # # # About DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance convenes all stakeholders providing services along the continuum of care for population health improvement, including health and wellness promotion, disease management and care coordination. Through advocacy, research and promotion of best practices, DMAA advances population-based strategies to improve care quality and outcomes and reduce preventable costs for individuals with and at risk of chronic conditions. DMAA represents more than 200 corporate and individual stakeholders, including wellness, disease and care management organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers and benefit managers, health information technology innovators, biotechnology innovators, employers, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals, and researchers and academicians. Learn more at www.dmaa.org. End
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