The data resources in the Compendium identify more than 600 health systems (which combined deliver the substantial majority of care in the United States), linking these systems to many thousands of hospitals and physician practices in communities across the country.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality created the Comparative Health System Performance Initiative to study how health care delivery systems promote evidence-based practices in delivering care and to understand the connections between the dissemination of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR),...
Mathematica is providing data analytics support and technical assistance to support CMS’s efforts to enhance the value of health care services provided to Medicare beneficiaries under the Quality Payment Program.
Mathematica examined health care payment and purchasing policies that facilitate the goals of campaigns to promote evidence-based health care, such as the Choosing Wisely initiative.
Mathematica conducted a feasibility study identifying critical issues on physician behavior and physician practices faced by public and private policymakers.
Mathematica assisted the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with designing a system to implement physician value-based purchasing for Medicare beneficiaries, which includes development and distribution of confidential physician feedback reports that inform physicians of their performance on quality...
Mathematica evaluated the 14 primary care redesign programs, which operate at different levels (that is, physician practices, hospitals, or health systems). The evaluation team assessed improvements in the coordination, efficiency, and quality of patient care.