Medical Network One is taking the lead in introducing Michigan to a growing health care movement called the patient-centered medical home, (also referred to as a patient-centered advanced medical home) a patient-centered, physician-guided model of health care.

The patient-centered medical home profoundly changes the way primary care is delivered by connecting patients to personal physicians who follow advanced medical home philosophies. It requires in-depth physician and staff training and changes in third party financing, reimbursement methods, and policy coverage to support practices that meet advanced medical home guidelines.

 The patient-centered medical home is rooted in the Chronic Care Model (CRM) of medicine, a model that Medical Network One has championed since 2002 in dealing with such chronic illnesses as diabetes, asthma and heart disease.  Medical Network One’s Chronic Care Travel Team program not only offers chronic disease management services in a cost-effective manner but lays the foundation for the creation of a patient-centered advanced medical home. The advanced medical home presents a major thrust for changing the way physicians practice medicine; it’s a shift from an I/physician-centered practice to a team/patient-centered practice. To learn more about the Chronic Care Travel Team, click this link.

Medical Network One CEO Ewa Matuszewski has chaired the Patient Centered Medical Home committee of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan’s Physician Group Incentive Program (PGIP) since 2005. With Medical Network One’s corporate structure and access to its 600+ primary and specialty care physician members, the company is nimble enough to quickly introduce and educate physician members on proven new strategies in patient care, especially as they relate to chronic care and primary care. Medical Network One is currently hosting meetings with physicians to explain and explore the tenets, training and administrative aspects of the advanced medical home. To become a Medical Network One physician and receive training in the patient-centered medical home, click this link.

To locate a Medical Network One physician who is actively practicing the tenets of the patient-centered medical home, click this link.