1. Formulate a Patient Centered Medical Home Purchasing Guide for Employers- NBCH

1. Enforcing Expectations through an RFI/RFP
2. Plan Design Strategies
3. Supporting Pilots
4. Summary and Press release by April 16, 2008/ Final Draft Mid May

2. Write generic/model contract language that health benefit consultants can use as a basis for negotiations with health plans and administrators to reimburse providers for—and certify that they are providing—PCMH services.
1. Identify reimbursement and claims structures in place between employers, administrators and doctors that can be used to support PCMH, or need to be adapted to support PCMH
2. Language will establish mechanisms for employers to certify their beneficiaries are in a qualified PCMH
3. Projected by the End of August 2008

3. Engage in a broad based education and publicity campaign to convince employers, health contract negotiators, benefit administrators and other decision makers on the value of PCMH, and the utility of contract language and purchaser guide to make a transition (glide path) to supporting PCMH provision
1. Begin upon completion of the model contract language and final drafts of purchaser guides

PCMH Purchasers Guide