Moving Pharma Contracting Into the Era of Accountability
A chief medical officer for a major payer outlines the challenges making sure that certain high-cost therapies are directed to the patients who need them.
Value of Primary Care Diabetes Management: Long-Term Cost Impacts
Geisinger's all-or-none diabetes bundled system of care implemented in routine primary care settings was associated with sustained long-term total cost savings.
Primary Care Diabetes Bundle Management: 3-Year Outcomes for Microvascular and Macrovascular Events
Using a system for primary care management of patients with diabetes may reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, and retinopathy over a 3-year period.
Reducing Long-Term Cost by Transforming Primary Care: Evidence From Geisinger's Medical Home Model
ProvenHealth Navigator, Geisinger's version of advanced patient-centered medical homes, is associated with significant savings in total cost of care over time.
Value and the Medical Home: Effects of Transformed Primary Care
A patient-centered medical home with intensive case management and a payer partner can significantly improve hospital utilization and may decrease total medical costs for a Medicare population.
