Patient-centered care: Same philosophy, new name

Priority Health has long supported initiatives focusing on patient care. At their core, our Partners in Performance (PIP) program and Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) efforts seek to improve patient care. So we’re putting a new name to our long-standing practices to better demonstrate the links connecting these initiatives.

Introducing patient-centered care

Patient-centered care is exactly what it says: The patient is the center. They are the reason we do what we do. For Priority Health, Patient-Centered Care initiatives fall into three areas: PCMH, payment reform and clinical programs.

• PCMH initiatives seek to help patients get the right care in the right setting. Initiatives include those to improve access, care coordination, patient engagement and population management.
• Payment reform examples include bundled payment pilot (PROMETHEUS™), physician incentives, payment alignment and benefit design.
• Clinical programs help to engage the patient in their own care. These include wellness, prevention (immunizations, annual physicals), condition and case management, and end-of-life care.

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Going forward, you'll find the patient-centered care logo (above) on materials and reports identifying programs tied to this effort.

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Topics: Condition management, Preventive care