So far, what we know about medical homes is that those who do qualify to take advantage of them will live in Medicare housing, where they will be seen on a regular basis by primary care doctors and other health care providers; such as social workers, therapists and nurse practitioners. Vermont has a medical care home model in operation and it seems to be providing \u201cuniform standards for advanced primary care.\u201d It\u2019s not just Vermont that has implemented this kind of a model either, so have Maine, Colorado and Massachusetts. To make this new program work, it seems that Medicare<\/a> will be joining hands with Medicaid, state and federal health care programs, and private insurers in states that will offer the medical home program.<\/p>\n If this is something that might be in your future, now is the time to start asking about how they work and how to qualify for residence in (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So far, what we know about medical homes is that those who do qualify to take advantage of them will live in Medicare housing, where they will be seen on a regular basis by primary care doctors and other health…<\/span><\/p>\n