Background Many countries have introduced reforms with the aim of primary care
transformation (PCT). Common objectives include meeting service delivery challenges …

An essential element in the pursuit of value-based health care is provider payment reform.
This article aims to identify and analyze payment initiatives comprising a specific …

Background: Primary care is known to improve outcomes and lower health care costs,
prompting recent US policy efforts to expand its role. Nonetheless, there is early evidence of …

Importance The current quality performance measure for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening
is limited to initial screening. Despite low rates, there is no measure for appropriate follow-up …

Over the past decade, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have led the
nationwide shift toward value-based payment. A major strategy for achieving this goal has …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Although use of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is
increasing nationally, it remains unclear whether it can help contain healthcare costs and …

For years, telehealth has been touted as a potentially transformative technology that will
increase health care access and efficiency. Although the use of telehealth already was …

During the past two decades in the United States, all major payer types—commercial,
Medicare, Medicaid, and multipayer coalitions—have introduced value-based purchasing …

The ACA at 10 Years—Payment and Delivery Systems In this second of two Health Policy
Reports marking the 10th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the authors describe major …

Background Care coordination is a hallmark of most healthcare reform models in the United
States. Though definitions of care coordination have proliferated over the last decade, the …