"Medical Homes" Aren't Cutting Medicare Costs

Within five years after the PCMH fad appeared, CMS had begun three demonstrations to test the ability of PCMHs to lower Medicare costs while simultaneously improving quality. The first of these demos, the FQHC Advanced Primary Care Practice Demonstration , ended in October 2014. The other two, the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) Initiative and the Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care Practice (MAPCP) Demonstration, will end this year.