Managed care plans—pressured by a variety of marketplace forces that have been intensifying over the past two years—are making important shifts in their overall business strategy. For example, they are moving to offer less restrictive managed care products and product features that...

This study examined providers' efforts to improve care delivery, similar to those likely to be encouraged under ACOs. Common challenges for affiliated health care organizations’ efforts to improve care are establishing a business case for change and implementing changes with minimal...

Despite acknowledging the inevitable shift from fee-for-service to value-based payment and the need to develop population-management capabilities, most D.C. metro area hospitals are sticking to fee-for-service competitive strategies to attract patients by building urgent care centers and...

This study found that independent practice associations—networks of small medical practices—can offer a useful model for helping small physician practices overcome barriers to health information technology adoption and use.