Executive Briefings | March 4, 2014
Financial Incentives = Change
Were you surprised by the headlines? “Study Finds Limited Benefit to Some ‘Medical Homes’”, “Study Questions Benefits of ‘Medical Home’ Programs for Chronically Ill”, “United States: Study Of Early Medical Home Pilot Shows Disappointing Results.” I was. But the actual findings are a bit more complex than the headlines. This tale of headlines started with a study – Association Between Participation in a Multipayer Medical Home Intervention and Changes in Quality, Utilization, and Costs of Care – published on February 26 in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The research team evaluated participants in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chronic Care Initiative, a . . .