This Health Affairs article describes primary care delivery system reform models that were developed and tested over the past decade by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation—which was created by the Affordable Care Act—and reflect on key lessons and remaining challenges.
The Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative fueled the emergence of new organizational alliances and financial commitments among payers and primary care practices to use data for performance improvement.
This article summarizes results from a study of how the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative affected primary care physician experience.
Performance feedback is central to data-driven models of quality improvement, but the use of claims-based data for feedback has received little attention.
This study evaluates the effect of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative on care delivery and outcomes for fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries over four years. CPC practices made improvements in care delivery, but did not reduce Medicare spending enough to cover care management fees.
This is the fourth and final report evaluating the four-year Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative, which was launched by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve primary care delivery, health care quality, and patient...
This is the appendix to the fourth and final report evaluating the four-year Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative, which was launched by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to improve primary care delivery, health care quality,...
With increasing frequency, public and private payers are joining forces to align goals and resources for primary care transformation.
The CFIR is a useful tool for guiding rapid-cycle evaluation of the implementation of practice transformation initiatives.
This article describes the impacts for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries’ cost, service use, quality of care, and patient experience of the first three years of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative.
This article describes the impacts for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries’ cost, service use, quality of care, and patient experience of the first three years of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative.
This article describes the impacts for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries’ cost, service use, quality of care, and patient experience of the first two years of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative.
This is the appendix for the report describing the implementation and impacts of the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative over its first two years.
This report describes the implementation and impacts of the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative over its first two years.
Primary care can be considered the cornerstone of effective and efficient health care that meets the needs of patients, families, and communities.
Primary care can be considered the cornerstone of effective and efficient health care that meets the needs of patients, families, and communities.
Primary care can be considered the cornerstone of effective and efficient health care that meets the needs of patients, families, and communities.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new Evaluation Guide for designing real-world evaluations of interventions such as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and other models to improve primary care delivery.
The Business Case for Quality, Phase II (BCQII) initiative sought to develop targeted, rigorous, and actionable evidence on improvements in the quality of care and the return on investment (ROI) that may be generated to multiple stakeholders if financial incentives are aligned and health care delivery...
This brief focuses on using logic models to evaluate patient-centered medical home (PCMH) models.
Working with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and LA Net, we developed a manual on creating and implementing successful practice implementation programs.
This report summarizes a comprehensive evaluation of Healthy San Francisco, a program for uninsured adults ages 18 to 64.
This white paper examines key components in the medical neighborhood and how the patient-centered medical home is situated within it. It also addresses barriers to a well-functioning neighborhood, the tools available to achieving one, and the strengths and weaknesses of each tool.
This brief describes the importance of different care coordination activities in improving patient outcomes. It also explores ways that the patient-centered medical home and accountable care organizations can coordinate care.