Bill Text: GA SR1538 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia Department of Community Health; urged to require patient centered medical home pilot projects
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Senate Read and Referred [SR1538 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1538-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 1538
By:
Senators Thomas of the 54th and Goggans of the 7th
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Georgia Department of Community Health to require patient centered medical
home pilot projects be established through care management organizations for the
Medicaid population and to establish a pilot project of the patient centered
medical home through the State Health Benefit Health Insurance Plans; and for
other purposes.
WHEREAS,
medical homes should provide patient centered care that is accessible,
continuous, and coordinated with a focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle for
patients with preventive and ongoing health services; and
WHEREAS,
the primary care provided at medical homes should be respectful of, and
responsive to, individual patient preferences, needs, and values;
and
WHEREAS,
physicians practicing in medical homes should target eligible individuals for
program participation and should be responsible for providing safe and secure
technology that promotes patient access to personal health information, for
developing a health assessment tool for targeted individuals, and for providing
training to personnel involved in the coordination of care; and
WHEREAS,
personal physicians in medical homes should be eligible for case management fees
and incentive payments for providing "medical home" services; and
WHEREAS,
personal physicians who provide first contact and continuous care for their
patients should be board certified and have the staff and resources to manage
the comprehensive and coordinated care of each of their patients;
and
WHEREAS,
participating physicians in the program should be specialists or subspecialists
for patients requiring ongoing care for specific conditions, for multiple
chronic conditions, or for those with a prolonged illness; and
WHEREAS,
personal physicians should be responsible for providing ongoing support,
oversight, and guidance to implement an integrated, coherent, cross-discipline
plan of care developed in partnership with patients and any of their other
medical providers; and
WHEREAS,
physicians in medical homes should be required to use evidence based medicine
and clinical decision support tools to guide their decision making to
patient-specific symptoms; and
WHEREAS,
the use of health information technology should be required of physicians in
medical homes, and patients should be encouraged to engage in management of
their own health through education and support systems; and
WHEREAS,
the evaluation of the patient centered medical home should be based on patient
satisfaction, provider satisfaction, clinical process and outcome measures,
program costs and savings, and the economic impact on health care providers;
and
WHEREAS,
evaluation should be on the extent to which the medical home coordinated health
care services, provided safe and high-quality care, encouraged long-term patient
and provider relationships, engaged and educated consumers, and encouraged
innovation in payment methodologies.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge the
Georgia Department of Community Health to establish patient centered medical
home pilot projects.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia Department of
Community Health.
