Bending the cost curve? Results from a comprehensive primary care payment pilot

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 964-969

  Vats, Sonal ^a   Ash, Arlene S ^b,c   Ellis, Randall P ^a,c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Verisk Health Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; Medicare; Patient centered medical home; Payment systems; Primary care; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; REIMBURSEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84886237572     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a97bdc     Document Type: Article

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