Primary care can be considered the cornerstone of effective and efficient health care that meets the needs of patients, families, and communities. New resources authored by Mathematica’s health experts offer strategies to help build and sustain practices’ ability to continuously...

Health plans and employers rarely work together to address racial and ethnic health care disparities in the workforce. However, these collaborations can strengthen programs to reduce disparities. This policy brief draws on interviews with large employers, health plan representatives, government...

This paper describes gaps in services for low-income people with serious mental illness, as reported by mental health professionals and other observers in 12 communities in the U.S. According to respondents, service gaps have grown in recent years—especially for the...

This white paper examines key components in the medical neighborhood and how the patient-centered medical home is situated within it. It also addresses barriers to a well-functioning neighborhood, the tools available to achieving one, and the strengths and weaknesses of each tool.

Although interest in expanding SCHIP coverage to parents has grown in recent years, few such expansions have actually been implemented. State governments and health plan administrators remain concerned that these expansions will attract only high-risk enrollees, resulting in costly premiums that...

This report examines the role of the primary care medical home in Healthy San Francisco, a health care access program for uninsured adults in the city and county of San Francisco. The program’s medical home requirement—and its associated referral system—appear to have...