A Troubled Asset Relief Program for the Patient-Centered Medical Home.

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) costs a lot to build and maintain. Deficiencies have become apparent: it has provided few of its advertised benefits and is becoming a troubled asset. A troubled asset relief program for the PCHM is needed (PCMH-TARP). This report presents a PCMH-TARP that places patients' interests first. The PCMH-TARP addresses regulatory barriers and greatly simplifies the complexity of the PCMH blueprint. A disruptively renovated PCMH will stand on a foundation of measures that matter to patients.