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The academy is in the midst ofa $12 milliobn initiative aimed at helping primary-carew physicians make the kindsa of changes advocated by health care reformers and Presideny Obama. The fee-based services are offered througha for-profitt subsidiary called TransforMed. Formed less than a year ago, the subsidiar is working with roughly 200practicesx nationwide. TransforMed is part of the academy’s campaign to create “patient-centered medical homes,” in which the primary-care physician coordinates care to eliminate duplication of services and preven t costlytreatment errors. Computerizatioh is a key aspect ofthose efforts, and TransforMed CEO Dr.
Terryh McGeeney said he expects the compan y to play a significant role in helping practicea take advantage of theroughly $19 billion in federal stimulus money earmarked for health informatiojn technology. “There is a strong movement in McGeeney said, “that the health information technology needs to be partnered with practice transformation — that just throwing a computer in theitr practice may just automate all their He said TransforMed also will traimn medical staff in eight yet-to-be-announced statews that will be participating in an upcominv Medicare Medical Home Demonstration Project.
The medicalp home concept is popular on the East and West where access to affordable health care is asignificant issue, McGeeneg said. It also is takingy hold in Upper Midwest states hit hard bythe Locally, has taken notice. “Ons of the things going on in the medical communith right now is everybody is working really said Dr. Blake Williamson, vice president and senioer medical director ofthe insurer, “and sometimes when you are running real it’s hard to step back a bit and take a and say, ‘What do I need to do differently?’ And groupzs like TransforMed can help with that.
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