decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2018 Issue 6 (June)
Comprehensive Primary Care program misses spending mark but practices love it
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Article Overview
This article examines the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative and what a new Health Affairs analysis says about its early impact on Medicare spending and utilization. It also describes how participating primary care practices used care management, patient tracking, risk stratification, and coordination workflows, making it relevant to clinicians, practice managers, and readers following CMS alternative payment models and CPC+.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers understand how a major CMS primary care model performed on spending and utilization measures, while highlighting operational changes practices adopted under value-based care arrangements.
Article Sections
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Alternative payment models
Introduces the broader value-based care context and summarizes the reported evaluation findings for the primary care initiative.
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Describes practice-level workflow changes, care management approaches, risk stratification, and coordination strategies used by participating groups.
What You Will Learn
- How the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative was evaluated in relation to spending and utilization
- What types of practice changes were emphasized under the model
- How participating practices approached care management and patient follow-up
- Why the article connects the program to broader value-based care efforts
Who Should Read This
- Primary care physicians
- Practice administrators
- Care managers
- Health system leaders
- Medical coding and reimbursement professionals following value-based care
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