Please help me: In the AAFP\'s video on the Patient-Centered Medical Home, one o

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In the AAFP's video on the Patient-Centered Medical Home, one of the physicians interviewed mentioned the concept of gatekeeping in relation to the PCMH. Which of the following best summarizes this physicians comments? Prior to implementing the PCMH, he felt like he was a gatekeeper restricting access to care; under the PCHM he feels like he is facilitating care. She stated that prior to implementing the PCMH she hated feeling compelled to order excessive tests to maintain her income. She initially had reservations about her role as a gatekeeper restricting access to care under the PCMH, but she has grown to understand how less intensive care may improve health outcomes. Prior to implementing the PCMH, he felt like he was the facilator of cost growth by giving referrals for unnecessary care; now he feels in control over restricting access to unnecessary and potentially harmful care.

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Answer is C

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The primary care physician was a tool of the insurance company, even so far as to be designated as a “gatekeeper” (meaning protector of the money, not protector of the patient). This was a conflict of interest

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