Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): Second Annual Report

Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): Second Annual Report

Published: Jul 16, 2020
Publisher: Baltimore, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
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Authors

Grace Anglin

Deborah Peikes

Ann O'Malley

Kristin Geonnotti

Ha Tu

Kaylyn Swankoski

Janice Genevro

Victoria Peebles

Amanda Markovitz

Min-Young Kim

Ning Fu

Lauren Vollmer

Mariel Finucane

Melanie Au

Grace Oh

Lee-Lee Ellis

Elizabeth Holland

Randall Brown

et al.

Key Findings
  • CPC+ continued to provide practices with significant supports in the second program year (2018), including enhanced and alternative payments, data feedback, individualized and group learning supports, and health IT vendor support.
  • CPC+ practices continued to change care delivery.
  • As in the first year of CPC+, practices thought their work was making a difference, but found aspects challenging.
  • Primary care transformation takes time to implement.

The Independent Evaluation of Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+): Second Annual Report to CMS covers the first two years of CPC+ for the 2,905 practices in regions that began CPC+ in 2017. The report examines (1) engagement in CPC+ by payer partners and health IT vendors and participation by practices; (2) the supports practices received; (3) how practices implemented CPC+ and changed the way they delivered health care; and (4) the early impacts of CPC+ on cost, service use, limited claims-based quality-of-care outcomes, and patient experience for attributed Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries. An overview of findings from the Second Annual report is available in the two page Findings At a Glance. Additional detailed information can be found in the Second Annual Report: Supplemental Volume and the Second Annual Report: Appendices to the Supplemental Volume.

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