Drawing on a white paper and brief for the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, this article summarizes strategies to help smaller primary care practices transform into medical homes that effectively serve patients with complex needs, particularly the frail elderly and working-age adults...

The Medicaid Value Program tested interventions to improve care for adult Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. This report presents findings from Mathematica's evaluation; estimates of program effects, produced by the programs themselves; and case studies for the 10...

To provide better value and improve patient care in the U.S. health care system, comparative effectiveness research (CER) needs to be disseminated, implemented, and interpreted. This brief, the second from Mathematica’s Center on Health Care Effectiveness, examines how to put CER into use at...

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.

Diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Preventive care practices—such as dilated eye exams and control of blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol—can help avoid severe complications of the disease. This report for the Maryland Health Care...

The end of long-standing exclusive contracts between the dominant Greenville Hospital System and two major health plans, coupled with increased hospital expansion, suggests health care costs will continue to rise in Greenville.