April 15, 2009 - A state employee health plan designated hospitals, and later primary care physician practices, that met certain performance criteria as "preferred" providers, and then gave employees incentives to use them. While this initiative appears to have improved the quality of care, its impact on costs has not yet been evaluated.
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January 23, 2009 - This case study examines the services offered by the Lillian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, the palliative care program Meier founded and directs at Mount Sinai Medical Center. It also reviews the outcomes that the Institute, one of the largest academic palliative care programs in the country, has achieved both clinically and financially.
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June 26, 2008 - The Cardinal Primary Care Medical Group is one of 12 practice sites featured in Commonwealth Fund case studies of high-performing patient-centered primary care practices.
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May 21, 2008 - North Dakota faces health care challenges common to many rural areas of the U.S., but the state's health care system appears to be performing better than that in many other states--rural or urban. A new Fund report shows how North Dakota is getting it done.
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July 19, 2007 - By agreeing to a long-term contract that tied a portion of physician income to electronic medical record adoption, Massachusetts' largest payer and one of its largest health care systems were able to shift their joint quality focus from process of care measurements to patient outcomes.
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March 12, 2007 - Marshfield Clinic of Wisconsin's experience suggests that information systems, care management, process redesign, and physician involvement are important to improving the quality and efficiency of care in response to pay-for-performance incentives.
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October 4, 2005 - A rural physician practice successfully adopted electronic health records in 1993 as part of its strategy to improve clinical quality of care and reduce overhead costs.
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June 30, 2005 - CMS has launched several demonstration programs to find out whether chronic care management programs developed in the private sector can be effective for the Medicare population.
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May 4, 2005 - Taking the lead from corporate purchasers, state Medicaid agencies now incorporate pay-for-performance and other quality incentives into their agreements with managed care plans.
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August 23, 2004 - Group medical appointments have the potential to increase access to physicians, improve patient satisfaction, and increase physician productivity.
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August 23, 2004 - In 1996, General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union launched a comprehensive preventive health program for employees, LifeSteps, which involves education, health appraisals, counseling, and other interventions.
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August 23, 2004 - To shorten hospitalization for deep vein thrombosis, Henry Ford experimented with the use of an expensive new drug, low molecular weight heparin, and set up a lipid clinic to maximize the benefit of powerful new cholesterol-lowering drugs.
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August 23, 2004 - Group Health Cooperative made tobacco cessation a priority by identifying smokers and engaging them in behavioral counseling.
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August 19, 2004 - These standardized processes of care have reduced lengths of stay, increased the health system's organizational capacity, and attracted business.
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August 3, 2004 - Community Care of North Carolina develops local networks of primary care providers to coordinate prevention, treatment, referral, and other services for Medicaid enrollees.
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