Patient-Centered Medical Home model

In alignment with the vision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), it is the Aetna Better Health goal to have each one of its primary care physicians recognized as a PCMH by an accrediting agency. We will support providers in obtaining either the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections^®-Patient-Centered Medical Home (PPC-PCMH^TM) recognition or the Joint Commission Primary Care Medical Home Option for Ambulatory Care accreditation. The purpose of the PCMH program is to promote and facilitate a medical home model of care that will provide better health care quality, improve self-management by members of their own care and, over time, reduce avoidable costs. We will actively partner with our providers, community organizations, and other groups representing our members to increase the numbers of providers who are recognized as PCMHs (or committed to becoming recognized) and who achieve the meaningful use of health information technology (HIT).