This white paper shares lessons learned about how primary care practices can effectively use health information technology (IT) to support quality improvement (QI). The lessons are drawn from discussions with experts in fields such as health IT, clinical practice, primary care transformation,...

Three case studies of exemplar Primary Care Practice Facilitation training programs provide an overview of each program’s design and content, training approaches, format, administrative structure, funding, staffing and curriculum. The case studies were developed by Mathematica under a...

This brief, the second in a series, evaluates the impacts of the Accelerated Benefits Demonstration, which provides earlier access to health coverage and related services to uninsured beneficiaries. Early findings indicate that the demonstration increased the use of health care services and...

This report presents preliminary findings on the effect of service interventions that can be synthesized from the state projects’ evaluations, which are the first component of the national evaluation to be completed. The findings reflect the likely effects of the state projects based on...

This issue brief provides a concise description for decision makers of why and how to commission effective evaluations of patient-centered medical home demonstrations. The authors discuss what outcomes to assess, why to include comparison practices, and the importance of accounting for clustering.