Association between participation in a multipayer medical home intervention and changes in quality, utilization, and costs of care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Interventions to transform primary care practices into medical homes are increasingly common, but their effectiveness in improving quality and containing costs is unclear.

Objective

To measure associations between participation in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative, one of the earliest and largest multipayer medical home pilots conducted in the United States, and changes in the quality, utilization, and costs of care.

Design, setting, and participants

Thirty-two volunteering primary care practices participated in the pilot (conducted from June 1, 2008, to May 31, 2011). We surveyed pilot practices to compare their structural capabilities at the pilot's beginning and end. Using claims data from 4 participating health plans, we compared cha

SUBMITTER: Friedberg MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6348473 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature