August 2015

August 18, 2015

Assessment of prevalence and specific costs associated with discrete multimorbid mental health disease clusters in adults with diabetes.

August 18, 2015

An analysis of the opportunity cost associated with ambulatory medical care in the United States demonstrates substantial time costs for individuals and society.

August 18, 2015

Compared with traditional Medicare, relative resource use for those with diabetes or cardiovascular disease is lower in Medicare Advantage, while quality of care is higher.

August 18, 2015

Mitigating cost increases through preemptive care and clinical efficacy to reduce the disease burden of clinically at-risk patients.

August 18, 2015

Analysis of publicly reported organizational characteristics, shared savings distribution plans, and early financial success of accountable care organizations in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

September 10, 2015

Four years following engagement by an urban care organization in global payment contracts, a majority of internal medicine physicians there were supportive of this action.

September 10, 2015

As delivery system reforms increasingly rely on a strong primary care workforce, policies are needed to grow and strengthen this workforce.

September 14, 2015

The characteristics of patients who visit practices that are ready versus unready for the patient-centered medical home differ in important ways.

October 05, 2015

During the early years of the "meaningful use" program, surveys found decreases in both optimism and concerns about electronic health records.

September 30, 2015

Patient-reported outcomes, through the use of new technological advances, can be successfully integrated into routine orthopedic practice and shared across distinct institutions.

September 30, 2015

This study tests the impact on blood pressure control of a reward that lowered co-payments for blood pressure medication to $0.

September 30, 2015

This study extends value-based insurance design concepts in testing the impact on blood pressure control of rewards that provided negative co-payments for blood pressure medication.