Tara Lagu, MD, MPH

Higher-performing Medicare accountable care organizations are smaller and characterized by real-time information sharing, regular performance feedback, primary care physician leaders, physician buy-in, and strong care management programs.

In a survey of patients and visitors to a large academic medical center, middle-income respondents with private insurance reported more cost-related delays in care than those with public insurance.

Patients in a Medicaid managed care plan who had cardiovascular comorbidities were not more likely to fill antihypertensive prescriptions than patients without these conditions.