Maryland’s
Patient Centered Medical Home Program
The MMPP Advisory Panel met on August 15, 2011
Key links for Program participants:
- Commencement Letter and Opt-out Guidance
- MMPP Commencement Letter (Standard Version)
- MMPP Commencement Letter (Plain English)
- MMPP Opt-Out Form (Standard Version)
- MMPP Opt-Out Form (Plain English)
Multilanguage Documents
- MMPP Commencement Letter (Spanish Plain Language)
- MMPP Commencement Letter (Chinese Plain Language)
- MMPP Commencement Letter (Korean Plain Language)
- MMPP Commencement Letter (Vietnamese Plain Language)
- MMPP Opt-Out Form (Spanish Plain Language)
- MMPP Opt-Out Form (Chinese Plain Language)
- MMPP Opt-Out Form (Korean Plain Language)
- MMPP Opt-Out Form (Vietnamese Plain Language)
The PCMH is a model of practice in which a team of health professionals, guided by a primary care provider, provides continuous, comprehensive, and coordinated care in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner to patients throughout their lives. The PCMH provides for all of a patient’s health care needs, or collaborates with other qualified professionals to meet those needs. Participating practices will provide patient centered care through:
- evidence-based medicine;
- expanded access and communication;
- care coordination and integration; and,
- care quality and safety.
Additional details
The Maryland Learning Collaborative:
Maryland Learning Collaborative.
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Lt. Governor's Message
As Chair of the Maryland Health Quality and Cost Council and the Co-Chair of the
Governor’s Health Reform Coordinating Council, I am working with our State
government, local government, academic, non-profit, and private partners to
implement state-level health care reforms such as the Patient Centered Medical
Home Program, an innovative initiative aimed at improving health care quality
and reducing health care costs for all Marylanders.
The Maryland Medical Home Program, established during the 2010 legislative
session, is designed to improve patient health and elevate the role of the
primary care provider in our health system. Medical Homes provide primary care
physicians and nurse practitioners with financial incentives and technical
assistance to expand access to high-quality primary care, promote wellness and
prevention, advance care by using multi-disciplinary teams, and coordinate care
to improve disease management and the overall health of patients.
Over the next nine months approximately 50 practices will enroll over 200,000
Marylanders in this important primary care program which holds much promise for
addressing some of our greatest health care challenges. By establishing a
Patient Centered Medical Home Program, we will begin to change how health care
is delivered by focusing on the whole patient and improving access for the
healthy and the chronically ill. This program is a critical piece in making
Maryland one of the healthiest states in the nation.
Anthony G. Brown
Lieutenant Governor
Chair,
Maryland Health Quality and Cost
Council
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