Driving value in Medicaid primary care: the role of shared support networks for physician practices
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Highsmith, Nikki. Berenson, Julia. Commonwealth Fund.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2011]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Networks -- organization & administration Medicaid Practice Management, Medical -- organization & administration Primary Health Care -- organization & administration Health Care Reform Insurance Coverage Insurance, Health State Government Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The passage of health care reform presents state Medicaid agencies with a historic opportunity to expand health insurance coverage to millions of Americans while redesigning the primary care delivery system to produce better outcomes and achieve better value. One important way in which states can explore new models for effecting practice transformation, especially among small practices serving large numbers of Medicaid patients, is by emphasizing the purchase of shared practice supports for these often underresourced practices. Based on interviews with experts and the authors' policy analysis, this paper discusses the challenges of transforming small primary care practices; how Medicaid can offer shared supports to providers or catalyze them into investing in modernized systems of care; and what else federal and state governments can do to help advance these efforts.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101558214 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101558214