This report presents findings from Mathematica’s independent evaluation of the first year of the Primary Care First model. The model is a continuation of CMS’ efforts to enhance primary care and move primary care practitioners toward value-based payment.
This is a summary of findings from Mathematica’s independent evaluation of the first year of the Primary Care First model. The model is a continuation of CMS’ efforts to enhance primary care and move primary care practitioners toward value-based payment.
The Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Reduction Model pays provider organizations for measuring and reducing Medicare patients’ cardiovascular risk.
This is the first report for the independent evaluation of the Maryland Total Cost of Care (MD TCOC) Model. The report findings describe model implementation in the first two years and will serve as a foundation for interpreting future impact estimates and what aspects of the model might drive them.
In its first three years, the Million Hearts Model improved cardiovascular preventive care, but did not yet reduce observed heart attacks and strokes or lower Medicare spending.
The Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Reduction Model (Million Hearts Model) tests whether providing targeted incentives to health care providers to reduce CVD risk lowers the incidence of first-time heart attacks and strokes among Medicare beneficiaries (ages 40-79 who have not had a...
Evaluation findings from year two of the Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model.
This report describes the implementation and impacts of the Independence at Home demonstration over its first four years. Also, the report examines whether home-based primary care reduces Medicare expenditures and hospital use.
A telephonic transitional care program at a rural hospital reduced postdischarge Medicare spending by 31% and reduced inpatient spending for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.
The primary goal of the KidsWell Campaign was to ensure access to health insurance for all children, which in turn was expected to lead to improved health outcomes.
When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010, about 6.2 million children were uninsured; of those, nearly 70 percent were already eligible for coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but not enrolled (Kenney et al. 2012).
This report, the second of three planned annual reports, synthesizes findings and draws conclusions from an implementation evaluation; including the clinicians’ experiences with the initiative; and presents preliminary estimates of program impacts by type of target population for 10 PCR programs.
This is an interim evaluation report for the Partnership for Patients (PfP) campaign. The goals of the evaluation were to assess the reduction in inpatient harms and readmissions during the period 2011–2014, and to assess, if possible, the contribution that PfP made to those reductions.
In July 2012, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) awarded cooperative agreements to a select group of programs proposing innovative ways to improve the quality and lower the cost of care for Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollees.