Emerging lessons from regional and state innovation in value-based payment reform: Balancing collaboration and disruptive innovation

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 568-623

  Conrad, Douglas A ^a,b   Grembowski, David ^a,c   Hernandez, Susan E ^a,d   Lau, Bernard ^a,e   Marcus Smith, Miriam ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Multistakeholder coalitions; Payment reform

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPETITION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PURCHASING; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MAINE; MASSACHUSETTS; OREGON; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84921635636     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12078     Document Type: Article

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