This article presents a descriptive review of a team-based care transformation model in a large primary care network, including core staffing, process improvement, and extended care teams. Allegheny ...

The connection between behavioral health and physical health is well-documented. Physical health is greatly affected by such behaviors as smoking, substance abuse, poor diet, lack of exercise, ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday that it formed a new primary care model, which aims to improve the quality of primary care for patients and advance value-based ...

Medicare is trying again with another accountable care organization (ACO) payment model aimed at primary care doctors, but reactions to the new model are mixed so far. The voluntary model, known as ...

Ask someone about the last time they tried to schedule an appointment with their primary care doctor, and you’ll probably get an earful. Patient access is just one of a host of issues facing the ...

Our plan for Massachusetts offers a way to improve health and equity and to better serve communities in the state through doubling primary care investment and shifting toward a prospective monthly ...

“The forthcoming Making Care Primary program is an encouraging step toward population-based care built on a primary care foundation. But to achieve that goal, the payment model must address a set of ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new primary care model—the Making Care Primary (MCP) Model—geared towards smaller, independent primary care practices and organizations ...

Ashley Lasbury, 64, of Portland, listens to Evelyn Olson, a clinical pharmacist at Trellis Health, a membership-based model for primary care launched by MaineHealth. (Derek Davis/Staff Photographer) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sai writes about healthcare, innovation and technology. The entire realm of primary care in America is evolving. Primary care ...

The fee-for-service model in oncology misaligns incentives, increasing costs and creating variable clinical pathways. TOI's value-based care program reduces inpatient admissions and emergency visits, ...

Florida's current primary care model of short, individual appointments is failing both patients and providers. The author suggests shared medical visits and team-based care as a more sustainable ...