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Standards for recognition

Standards for Recognition


Eligible practices are accessible, accountable and offer comprehensive, continuous and coordinated care for patients and their families.

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Program worked with Oregonians across the state to set the standards that determine what a recognized primary care home looks like.

Core Attributes

  • Access to care: Patients get the care they need, when they need it.
     
  • Accountability: Recognized clinics are responsible for making sure patients receive the best possible care.
     
  • Comprehensive: Clinics provide patients all the care, information and services they need.
     
  • Continuity: Clinics work with patients and their community to improve patient and population health over time.
     
  • Coordination and integration: Clinics help patients navigate the system to meet their needs in a safe and timely way.
     
  • Patient and family-centered: Clinics recognize that patients are the most important members of the health care team - and that they are ultimately responsible for their overall health and wellness.
In order to be recognized as a primary care home, a clinic must demonstrate the ability to provide comprehensive services on-site or through a partnership with other providers in their community.
 
The Implementation Guide PDF and Technical Assistance and Reporting Guidelines PDF contain important information about the standards and measures that practices must meet in order to recognized.
 

Note: The initial set of standards released in fall 2011 do not incorporate all of the standards articulated by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Home Standards Advisory Committees, but rather a subset of standards that may be more feasible for immediate implementation. It is the intention of the Oregon Health Authority to continually assess the model and, based on experience and feedback, gradually modify and incorporate additional standards moving toward the full model envisioned by the Committees.

Tiers of recognition

A clinic can achieve three different tiers of recognition depending on various criteria they can demonstrate meeting, with Tier 3 being the highest a clinic can achieve. The Self-assessment tool PDF helps clinics determine which standards they may meet and which tier they would potentially qualify for; Tier 1, Tier 2, or Tier 3. The Technical Assistance and Reporting Guidelines PDF will help gather the documentation needed to demonstrate meeting each standard.

National Committee for Quality Assurance and Oregon

Many practices have already, or are in the process of, pursuing Patient Centered Medical Home recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. While this model is not identical to the Oregon primary care home model, there are areas of similarity. The Oregon Health Authority will recognize Patient Centered Medical Home sites at the level that the National Committee for Quality Assurance has recognized the site, with submission of additional information.

Page updated: February 01, 2012