Government & Medicine
Family physician John Bender, M.D., right, talks with Rep. Wally Herger, R-Calif., shortly before testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Health about physician payment issues.
Implement PCMH Nationwide, Says FP Who Has Made Journey
Congressional Testimony by AAFP Member Spotlights Innovations in Delivery, Payment
(2/8/2012, 4:55 p.m.)
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Congress should mandate adoption of the patient-centered medical home on a nationwide basis to improve the overall quality of care and to help reverse escalating costs that are burdening the American taxpayer. That was the gist of testimony given by family physician John Bender, M.D., during a Feb. 7 hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee's Subcommittee on Health. The PCMH "is now being proven and adopted in the private sector," said Bender, CEO and medical director of Miramont Family Medicine in Fort Collins, Colo., and a past president of the Colorado AFP.
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