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

“Obama Visits Clinic Known for Quality Care, Controlling Costs,” by David Brown, The Washington Post, July 23, 2009

The Post takes a more in-depth look at The Cleveland Clinic, a CAPP medical group, that was touted by President Obama as a model of health care efficiency and quality.

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“Yes, models for cost-efficient health care do exist,” by Jim Landers, The Dallas Morning News, July 28, 2009

CAPP group Scott & White is featured in this article that reviews some of the Dartmouth findings on organizations that can curb health care costs.

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“Atul Gawande: The Cost Conundrum Redux,” by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 23, 2009.

Gawande responds to the skeptics of his highly publicized New Yorker article.

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“The Cost Conundrum: What a Texas town can teach us about health care,” by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, June 01, 2009

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