Become a Patient Centered Medical Home

First Choice VIP Care Plus offers our providers the information they need to help them become a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). For more details about the PCMH model of care and related recognition process, visit our online resource: AmeriHealth Caritas Patient Centered Medical Home.

What is a patient-centered medical home?

The PCMH is a philosophy of health care delivery that encourages providers and care teams to meet patients where they are—from the simplest to the most complex conditions. A PCMH treats the whole person in order to continuously improve patients' health.

A nationally recognized PCMH meets or exceeds the measures of NCQA-defined standards:

• Enhancing practice access and continuity
• Identifying and managing patient populations
• Planning and managing patient care
• Providing self-care support and community resources
• Tracking and coordinating care
• Measuring and improving performance

PCMH incentives

There are many reasons to become a PCMH:

• Your practice will be viewed as a model for primary care
• Meeting PCMH standards may lead to lower costs and higher quality health care
• Your practice may be better positioned for value-based reimbursement programs

Get more information

We are here to help you become a PCMH. Use our online toolkit, which contains forms and tools that will help you begin the PCMH transformation process. You can also call Provider Services at 1-866-978-0862 with questions about First Choice VIP Care Plus and the PCMH process.