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UCSF expert outlines '10 building blocks' for high‑performing primary care and urges investment
Summary
Dr. Mariana Kong (UCSF) told the board that patient-centered medical homes and the '10 building blocks' for primary care can improve quality and lower costs but require investment, team-based staffing and alternative payment models such as care coordination fees and shared savings.
Dr. Mariana Kong, a physician with the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care, told the San Francisco Health Service Board that patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) and primary-care transformation are central to improving population health and controlling costs.
Kong described the Center’s ‘‘10 building blocks’’ of high-performing primary care—including empanelment, team-based care, population-based management, care coordination and a ‘‘template of the future’’ that supports…
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