INSIGHT

A recent study compared medical costs and utilization for high-risk patients, between a control group and a group of patients in a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) from 2009 to 2011, and found: • In year 1, the costs for the PCMH group were $107 lower per patient per month • In year 2, the costs for the PCHM group were $75 lower per patient per month • The PCMH group experienced a significantly greater reduction in inpatient admissions in all 3 years (61, 48, and 94 hospitalizations per 1000) Source: "Medical Homes and Cost and Utilization Among High-Risk Patients," American Journal of Managed Care, March 14, 2014, http://www.ajmc.com/publications/issue/2014/2014-vol20-n3/Medical-Homes-and-Cost-and-Utilization-Among-High-Risk-Patients