
The authors call for policy reforms that could strengthen patient-provider relationships, support care innovation, and improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries.

Theresa Dreyer is the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Care Transformation Task Force. Prior to joining the Task Force, Theresa led the Value-Based Care (VBC) portfolio at the Association of American Medical Colleges. She draws on previous experience with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where she led the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model, and has also worked in health care consulting. Based on her range of public and private sector expertise, Theresa has developed deep knowledge of how VBC works from a policy perspective, as well as how it plays out on the ground for payers, providers, and patients.
Theresa holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan.

The authors call for policy reforms that could strengthen patient-provider relationships, support care innovation, and improve quality for Medicare beneficiaries.

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) with a major teaching hospital were associated with lower mortality, lower inpatient spending, lower emergency department utilization, and higher overall outpatient spending.

The authors analyzed cost and utilization changes for sepsis and pneumonia non–COVID-19 episodes prior to and during the pandemic, and during the pandemic for patients with and without COVID-19.