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The Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) seeks to foster the development and recognition of accountable physician practices as a model for transforming the American health care system.
Promoting greater awareness of health care quality and value by demonstrating that accountable physician practices can deliver effective, efficient health care is chief among CAPP’s goals.
CAPP and the following member groups believe that together we can make the health care delivery system better for everyone. And we are only just beginning to make our case.
Austin Regional Clinic, Texas
The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Billings Clinic, Montana
Dean Health System, Wisconsin
Duluth Clinic, Minnesota
The Everett Clinic, Washington
Fallon Clinic, Massachusetts
Geisinger Clinic, Pennsylvania
Group Health Permanente, Washington, Idaho
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Massachusetts
HealthCare Partners Medical Group, California
HealthPartners, Minnesota
Henry Ford Medical Group, Michigan
The Jackson Clinic, Tennessee
Intermountain Health Care, Utah
Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts
Marshfield Clinic, Wisconsin
Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Florida, Minnesota
Mayo Health System, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Nemours, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Ochsner Clinic, Louisiana
Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California
The Permanente Federation, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Ohio, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C.
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, California
Scott and White, Texas
Virginia Mason Medical Center, Washington
Wenatchee Valley Medical Center, Washington
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Change
the Microenvironment: Delivery System Reform Essential to Controlling
Costs, by Francis J. Crosson, MD, April 27, 2009
In this commentary, Dr. Crosson, chairman of the Council of Accountable
Physician Practices reminds policymakers that the most effective
policy solutions proposed to change payment and/or structural
delivery system reform will depend ultimately on their ability
to positively affect the "microenvironment" of the actual physician
practice.
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The
Public and the Health Care Delivery System This recent
NPR/Kaiser/Harvard survey highlights the public's attitudes and
experiences with the American health care delivery system. It
sheds light on Americans' experiences with issues such as electronic
medical records (EMR), coordination of care and comparative effectiveness.
NPR is planning a series of news reports on these findings.
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2009 Council of Accountable Physician Practices. CAPP is a 501(c)(6)
organization affiliated with AMGA’s 501(c)(3) foundation.
Updated 06/15/2009.