Building Your Medical Home Toolkit

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Brought to you by the AAP/MCHB/National Center for Medical Home Implementation, the Building Your Medical Home Toolkit supports the primary care pediatrician's development and improvement of a pediatric Medical Home. It also prepares a pediatric office to apply for and potentially meet the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections Patient Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMH) Recognition program requirements. The Toolkit can help a practice assess and improve its medical home capacity with resources and downloadable tools organized into six building blocks that provide guidance for implementation:

• Care Partnership Support addresses family access and communication
• Clinical Care Organization addresses standards for practice organization and use of clinical information
• Care Delivery Management addresses the promotion of clinical care that is consistent with scientific evidence, as well as patient and family preference
• Resources and Linkages addresses successfully linking patient and families with community resources to help meet their needs
• Practice Performance Measurement addresses the organization and promotion of safe and high quality care
• Payment and Finance addresses the need to match quality care and NCQA recognition with payment and value

The National Center for Medical Home Implementation is a cooperative agreement between the Maternal and Child Health Bureau/HRSA and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The National Center works to ensure that all children and youth, including those with special health care needs, have the services and support necessary for full community inclusion through medical homes.

Building Your Medical Home Toolkit content was developed by Jeanne McAllister, Director of the Center for Medical Home Improvement, Crotched Mountain Foundation in New Hampshire, with guidance from AAP leadership and the National Center's Project Advisory Committee members. For more information about the National Center, please visitwww.medicalhomeinfo.org or contact Angela Tobin, Manager of Technical Assistance, at atobin@aap.org.