The Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. has released a presentation offering an estimate of projected return on investment in health homes and medical homes.  The authors note that these models are increasingly cited as means to reduce costs while improving care quality and reducing fragmentation.  The presentation offers information on using an online calculator to determine return on investment using these models.

From the report:

Medicaid policymakers and health care payers across the country are exploring options to invest in new care models to bend the cost trend and improve patient care.  Health homes and medical homes are increasingly viewed as strategies to help address escalating health care costs, fragmented care delivery, and a badly strained primary care delivery system. These relatively new care models focus on a variety of strategies to improve and integrate care delivery in a more patient-centered way. Evidence suggests that medical homes help coordinate care, improve health outcomes, reduce avoidable and costly services like emergency department visits and inpatient admissions, provide financial supports to primary care practices, and can potentially transform primary care delivery.  Health homes, a new state option created under the Affordable Care Act, extend the medical home concept across an array of potential health care settings, with a focus on integration of physical and behavioral health, long term services and supports, and other community resources.

Full report: Forecasting the Return on Investment of Health Homes and Medical Homes (PDF | 622.00 KB)

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.  (2011).  Forecasting the return on investment of health homes and medical homes.