Impact of accountable care organizations on utilization, care, and outcomes: a systematic review

BG Kaufman, BS Spivack, SC Stearns… - … Care Research and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Since 2010, more than 900 accountable care organizations (ACOs) have formed payment
contracts with public and private insurers in the United States; however, there has not been …

Weight management and physical activity throughout the cancer care continuum

W Demark‐Wahnefried, KH Schmitz… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence suggests that weight management and physical activity (PA) improve
overall health and well being, and reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality among cancer …

[PDF][PDF] Caring for high-need, high-cost patients—an urgent priority

D Blumenthal, B Chernof, T Fulmer, J Lumpkin… - n Engl j Med, 2016 - smh.com
Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients n engl j med nejm. org models have demonstrated
success in meeting the needs of HNHC patients. 1-4 Some focus on managing transitions of …

Association of alternative payment and delivery models with outcomes for mental health and substance use disorders: a systematic review

AD Carlo, NM Benson, F Chu, AB Busch - JAMA network open, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Health care spending in the United States continues to grow. Mental health and
substance use disorders (MH/SUDs) are prevalent and associated with worse health …

The new frontier of strategic alliances in health care: New partnerships under accountable care organizations

VA Lewis, KI Tierney, CH Colla, SM Shortell - Social Science & Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and similar reforms aim to improve coordination
between health care providers; however, due to the fragmented nature of the US health care …

Insurer market power lowers prices in numerous concentrated provider markets

RM Scheffler, DR Arnold - Health Affairs, 2017 - healthaffairs.org
Using prices of hospital admissions and visits to five types of physicians, we analyzed how
provider and insurer market concentration—as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman …

Trends in unmet need for physician and preventive services in the United States, 1998-2017

L Hawks, DU Himmelstein, S Woolhandler… - JAMA Internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Improvements in insurance coverage and access to care have resulted from the
Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, a focus on short-term pre-to post-ACA changes may …

Why do accountable care organizations leave the Medicare shared savings program?

WK Bleser, RS Saunders, DB Muhlestein… - Health …, 2019 - healthaffairs.org
The ability of accountable care organizations (ACOs) to continue reducing costs and
improving quality depends on understanding what affects their survival. We examined such …

Shared decision making as part of value based care: new US policies challenge our readiness

ES Spatz, G Elwyn, BW Moulton, RJ Volk… - Zeitschrift für Evidenz …, 2017 - Elsevier
Shared decision making in the United States is increasingly being recognized as part of
value-based care. During the last decade, several state and federal initiatives have linked …

Accounting for accountable care: Value-based population health management

LF Hogle - Social Studies of Science, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are exemplars of so-called value-based care in the
US. In this model, healthcare providers bear the financial risk of their patients' health …