The health tech industry cheered when Medicare announced a ne | The ACCESS model could accelerate adoption of digital health tools in fee-for-service Medicare, "driving a market where participating ...

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) recently announced a voluntary, 10-year Medicare payment and service delivery model: Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions ...

For decades, chronic disease management in Medicare has been hampered by a fee-for-service payment system that rewards volume and activity rather than true clinical improvement. This model created ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is testing an outcome-aligned payment approach designed to give ...

SEATTLE—Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, knew there had to be a better way. He and Group Health colleagues set out 15 years ago to explore how best to engage patients with chronic diseases in effective care. With ...

Objective: To use empirical data from previously published literatureto address 2 research questions: (1) Do interventions thatincorporate at least 1 element of the Chronic Care Model (CCM)result in ...

Chronic disease remains one of the most urgent challenges in U.S. health care with nearly every senior living with one or more chronic conditions. It accounts for the vast majority of Medicare ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

A chronic condition is a physical or mental health condition that lasts more than one year and causes functional restrictions or requires ongoing monitoring or treatment. Chronic diseases are among ...