Health care payment and delivery models that challenge providers to be accountable for
outcomes have fueled interest in community-level partnerships that address the behavioral …

ABSTRACT Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe lessons learned
during the development and implementation of a community care team (CCT) and the …

Objectives To estimate the effects of medical home support on the use of clinical services
and Medicaid expenditures. Data Source Medicaid claims. Study Design A difference‐in …

State Medicaid programs increasingly use case management to manage enrollees with
chronic conditions who may become cost intensive for the program. The authors examined …

The US healthcare industry has seen a sharpened focus on delivering value-based care. To
accomplish this, providers have turned their attention toward high-risk patients who are in …

The changing landscape of health care coverage and delivery has been influenced and
accelerated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Initially, the emphasis of the ACA was on …

Several countries with highly ranked delivery systems have implemented locally-based,
publicly-funded primary health care organizations (PHCOs) as vehicles to strengthen their …

The purpose of a policy brief is to convince the target audience of the urgency of a current
problem and to serve as an impetus for action for adopting a particular course of action. This …

We examine the impact of leadership diversity, care delivery, and experience on cost and
quality performance of 255 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)-networks of healthcare …

This dissertation examines two programs that aim to reduce potentially avoidable hospital
use: the Health Enterprise Zone (HEZ) Initiative and the Encounter Notification Service …