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All past issues of H2RMinutes are archived below.  Please note that some sources change or delete articles after a period of time, so a small percentage of articles may no longer link to the original source.

Issue #124: January 4, 2012: Analysis: Broaden scope-of-practice laws to address primary care shortage

Issue #123: December 21, 2011: CMS coverage of obesity counseling may ultimately increase prevention services

Issue #122: December 14, 2011: Physician orgs try to cultivate patient-centeredness 

Issue #121: December 7, 2011: Medicare to cover obesity counseling

Issue #120: November 30, 2011: Tavenner to succeed Berwick
 
Issue #119: November 23, 2011: AHRQ releases U.S. Primary Care Workforce fact sheet

Issue #118: November 16, 2011: ONC effort will educate people about health information exchange

Issue #117: November 9, 2011: Meaningful Use start date delayed

Issue #116: November 2, 2011: ACO final rule reflects AAFP input

Issue #115: October 26, 2011: PCPCC releases care coordination publication

Issue #114: October 19, 2011: AMA committee asks CMS to pay for care coordination tasks

Issue #113: October 12, 2011: ACO rule one step closer to becoming final

Issue #112: October 6, 2011: CMMI launches care coordination demonstration project

Issue #111: September 28 2011: Canadian family docs prepare for PCMH transformation

Issue #110: September 21 2011: ONC announces strategic plan 

Issue #109: September 14, 2011:  Two more challenges to reform rebuffed

Issue #108: September 7, 2011: New paper explores cancer screening in the medical home

Issue #107: August 31, 2011: CMS announces plan for bundled payment programs

Issue #106: August 24, 2011: Joint Commission awards first PCMH designation

Issue #105: August 17, 2011: Administration moves forward with health exchanges

Issue #104: August 11, 2011: PCPs challenge CMS reliance on RUC to set payments

Issue #103: August 3, 2011: OIG report offers insights into Meaningful Use audits

Issue #102: July 27, 2011: AHRQ offers new "Catalogue of Federal PCMH Activities"

Issue #101: July 13, 2011: Most Physicians don't take full advantage of EHRs

Issue # 100: July 6, 2011: Still not home: PCMH not yet widely adopted

Issue #99: June 29, 2011: Emergency physicians challenge PCMH savings

Issue #98: June 8, 2011: Award will promote Health IT transformation

Issue #97: June 1, 2011: Joint Commission PCMH standards include nurse-led clinics

Issue #96: May 25, 2011: ONC's Tsang: MU is a vehicle to transformation

Issue #95: May 18, 2011: AAFP calls for blended payment model for Medicare

Issue #94: May 11, 2011: Penn to launch medical home for chronic pain

Issue #93: May 4, 2011: Columnist warns cost cut pressure risks future of medical home

Issue #92: April 20, 2011: Public/private partnership focuses on quality, safety

Issue #91: April 13, 2011: Mostashari tapped to head ONC
 
Issue #90: April 6, 2011: Commentary: Reform inspires more med students to opt for primary care
 
Issue#89: March 9, 2011: Politico: Berwick's nomination may be dead 
 
Issue#88: March 2, 2011: Rand report analyzes payment reform models, performance measures 
 
Issue#87: February 23, 2011: PCDC offers free medical home assessment tool
 
Issue#86: February 16, 2011: Standards setters contemplate nature of patient-centered    
 
Issue#85: February 9, 2011: Proposed new primary care home requirements for ambulatory care
 
Issue#84: February 2,2011: NCQA releases new PCMH program standards
 
Issue #83: January 27, 2011: Primary care groups agree: Prepare docs in training to work in medical homes
 
Issue #82: January 19, 2011: Primary care "breaks out of the pack" in EHR adoption
 
Issue #81: January 12, 2011: Fist MU checks cut  
 
Issue #80: January 5, 2011: URAC launches medical home toolkit