Integrated/Coordinated Care

Care Coordination Improving, Technology and 24/7 Access Not Widely Available, and Preventive Primary Care Critically Lacking Download the results (PDF) View real patient stories WASHINGTON, D.C. [...]

A recent 10-nation Commonwealth Fund study of primary care physicians (PCPs) published in Health Affairs revealed that physicians surveyed struggled with care coordination, and that the U.S. has [...]

By Robert Pearl, MD, CEO, The Permanente Medical Group Chair, Council of Accountable Physician Practices I’m often asked what the future holds for health care. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I [...]

By Eugene Lindsey, MD, president and CEO, Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates Those of you who follow the journey of accountable care probably heard that Atrius Health was one [...]

By Donald H. Crane, president and CEO, California Association of Physician Groups The passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act has made health care a topic of everyday conversations [...]

By Craig Samitt, MD, president and CEO, Dean Clinic Dean Clinic has been described as a present-day Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and a model of clinical integration. We’ve also been called [...]

By Eric Larson, MD MPH, vice president for Research, Group Health Executive Director, Group Health Research Institute With the recent Supreme Court ruling on health reform, many at Group Health [...]

By Don Crane, president and CEO California Association of Physician Groups The Supreme Court just upheld the Affordable Care Act, which contains provisions that support the formation of [...]

By Robert Nesse, MD, chief executive officer, Mayo Clinic Health System In my previous writing for this Accountable Care column, I stated that to embrace our current health care challenges and [...]

The list of 32 medical groups and health systems that were chosen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to participate in the Pioneer ACO project included eight groups whose headquarters are [...]