Before Medicare Part D, Congress authorized the Medicare disease management demonstration to evaluate whether disease management programs—in conjunction with a comprehensive prescription drug benefit—could improve health outcomes and reduce Medicare expenditures. The demonstration...

This working paper reviews impacts of the Electronic Health Records Demonstration implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, finding that moderate incentive payments did not lead to universal electronic health record (EHR) adoption and use in a two-year time frame. However, the...

Notes that the program improved several birth outcomes across the sites studied, reduced infant mortality in two sites, and was particularly successful at linking women and their families to prenatal care.

Presents results from the six-year evaluation, noting that the programs filled important gaps in services, that strong program administration and leadership are associated with better implementation and outcomes, and that coordination with existing clinical services is important.

This paper examines how the HITECH Act could be harnessed to help practices implement technology and support key principles of the PCMH.

To help transform primary care delivery and support the patient-centered medical home, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act supports adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records. This brief offers policy options that could ensure health...

Finds that (1) the transition to managed care in Tennessee neither improved nor adversely affected most perinatal outcomes, and (2) the expansion of Medicaid coverage to uninsured women did not improve perinatal outcomes relative to those for women not enrolled in TennCare. Variation in outcomes...

Notes that the program improved several birth outcomes across the sites studied, reduced infant mortality in two sites, and was particularly successful at linking women and their families to prenatal care.