John M. Kirsner and John E. Wyand, lawyers with the Squire Sanders Health Care Practice Group, were featured in an interview by the Advisory Board. The interview centered on the primary care institute as a contractual framework for hospital-physician support of patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs). Mr. Kirsner and Mr. Wyand discussed why it can be problematic for hospitals to provide extensive support for the creation and maintenance of PCMHs among independent primary care practices. They also provided details on what services physicians would provide under the primary care institute model, as well as options for how the hospital would pay the institute and physicians.
