The project reported here, sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA), aimed to
describe the effects that alternative health care payment models (ie, models other than fee …

Objective To examine the associations between partial and incremental implementation of
the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model and measures of cost and quality of …

This cross-site comparison of the early experience of four provider organizations
participating in the Brookings-Dartmouth Accountable Care Organization Collaborative …

As policy makers and others seek to reduce health care cost growth while improving health
care quality, one approach gaining momentum is fee-for-value reimbursement. This …

The accountable care organization (ACO) model of health care delivery is rapidly being
implemented under government and private-sector initiatives. The model requires that each …

Background: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have proliferated after the passage of
the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Few longitudinal ACO studies with continuous enrollees …

Context: Although observers have long highlighted the relationship of public distrust,
government regulation, and media depictions of nursing‐home scandals, no study has …

Medicare's approximately 250 accountable care organizations (ACOs) care for a growing
portion of all fee-for-service beneficiaries across the United States. We examined where …

Background: The establishment of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Affordable
Care Act (ACA) was intended to support both cost savings and high-quality care. However, a …

There has been relatively little empirical evidence about the effects of patient-centered
medical home (PCMH) implementation on patient-related outcomes and costs. Using a …