Can a specialty practice be a patient-centered medical home?

Should cardiologists, oncologists, endocrinologists and other specialists providing care for long-term chronic conditions have patient-centered medical homes?

Should they say “yes” when a primary care practice asks, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” and invites them to be part of a medical home neighborhood?

The patient-centered medical home is viewed as a possible strategy for improving patient outcomes and reducing health care spending. Ongoing health system reform means there may be additional payment for specialty practices to participate in some way in this model, although not always.

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/04/09/bica0409.htm