Making the Case
Recent research that supports the theory that integrated and accountable physician organizations bring better value to the American health care system:

  • Report to Congress: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, March 2007. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
  • The Impact of Health Plan Delivery System Organization on Clinical Quality and Patient Satisfaction, Robin R. Gillies, Kate Eresian Chenok, Stephen M. Shortell, Gregory Pawlson, and Julian J. Wimbush. Health Services Research (On-line version: March 2006, Paper version: August 2006). CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
  • Physician Practice Size and Variations in Treatments and Outcomes: Evidence from Medicare Patients with AMI, by Jonathan D. Ketcham, Laurence C. Baker, and Donna MacIsaac. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
  • Medicare Physician Group Practices: Innovations in Quality and Efficiency, Michael Trisolini, Gregory Pope, John Kautter, and Jyoti Aggarwal. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT
  • Do Integrated Medical Groups Provide Higher-Quality Medical Care than Individual Practice Associations? by Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH; Arnold M. Epstein, MD, MA; and Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD. CLICK HERE FOR ABSTRACT

 


Integrating Services for Low-Income Seniors Shows Health Care Benefit, by Claire Sowerbutt, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today, December 11, 2007.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11 -- For low-income seniors, the likelihood of providing the recommended standard of health care services could be enhanced by integrating home-based and institutional services, found researchers here.

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“From High Tech to Soft Touch: The Everett Clinic uses innovative ways to control health care costs,” by Bryan Corliss, Washington CEO, November 26, 2007.

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“CAPP’s 35 MSMGs [multispecialty medical groups] share a common vision as learning organizations dedicated to the improvement of clinical care. Their features include physician leadership and governance; commitment to evidence-based care management processes; well-developed quality improvement systems; team-based care; the use of advance clinical information technology; and the collection, analysis, and distribution of clinical performance information. These features are congruent with the [Institute of Medicine’s] recommendations on key elements needed to redesign delivery systems.”

From Chapter 5, “Developing the Test Bed—Linking Integrated Service Delivery Systems: Council of Accountable Physician Practices,” by Michael A. Mustile, MD. The Learning Healthcare System: Workshop Summary (IOM Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine), edited by LeighAnne Olsen, Dara Aisner, and J. Michael McGinnis, National Academies Press, 2007.

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“A shift from the current care model to a more coordinated care model centered on primary care is one potential way to help stave off the healthcare dilemma.”

“It's too expensive to be a primary-care doctor,” by Debra A. Geihsler, president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates & Atrius Health. Boston Globe, July 25, 2007.

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© 2008 Council of Accountable Physician Practices. CAPP is a 501(c)(6) organization affiliated with AMGA’s 501(c)(3) foundation. Updated 07/23/2008.