Our plan for Massachusetts offers a way to improve health and equity and to better serve communities in the state through doubling primary care investment and shifting toward a prospective monthly ...

This article presents a descriptive review of a team-based care transformation model in a large primary care network, including core staffing, process improvement, and extended care teams. Allegheny ...

Medicare is trying again with another accountable care organization (ACO) payment model aimed at primary care doctors, but reactions to the new model are mixed so far. The voluntary model, known as ...

In April 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation announced a new payment model, Primary Care First (PCF). The model, a successor to Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, is designed to ...

The benefits of the health system's model include improving management of chronic conditions, addressing acute needs in a low-cost setting, and providing hospital transition of care services.

The connection between behavioral health and physical health is well-documented. Physical health is greatly affected by such behaviors as smoking, substance abuse, poor diet, lack of exercise, ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that it formed a new primary care model, which aims to improve the quality of primary care for patients and advance value-based ...

You wake up in the morning groggy and clammy. You’re congested and coughing; it hurts to swallow. All your joints are achy. You drag yourself to the kitchen and while you make a cup of tea, you call ...

CoCM integrates behavioral health into primary care, reducing suicide risk through coordinated care among providers, specialists, and managers. Studies show CoCM significantly lowers suicide risk, ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new primary care model—the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model—geared towards smaller, independent primary care practices and organizations ...

A major shift is taking place in the healthcare system. We’ve been reporting on a number of local doctors, who left their traditional jobs to practice something different. Fewer patients, longer ...