Should Specialists Staff Medical Homes, etc?

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Are they Even Needed?

[By Staff Reporters]

In an op-ed piece originally published in HCPLive.com, by Alan Berkenwald MD, the approaching fire storm over the “patient-centered medical home” model reminds us of the destructive powers seen with some early restrictive HMO models.

Enter – Exit – ReEnter the Gatekeepers

Once seemingly destined to revolutionize organized medicine, and empower patients and primary care physicians, the HMO model of “gatekeepers” nearly destroyed it.

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And so, can we learn from past failures with this new medical home model? Or, are they even needed?

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