Modest spending on integrated mental health services in primary care, facilitated by use of new collaborative care billing codes, did not increase overall health care costs. Objectives: The ...

The AHEAD Model will operate for 11 years and aim to shift health care to community-based settings. The States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development Model (AHEAD Model) aims to ...

The annual cost of hospital care services in the US has risen to over $1 trillion despite relatively worse health outcomes compared to similar nations. These trends accentuate a growing need for ...

Breakthrough treatments introduced over the last decade have transformed hepatitis C from a chronic and potentially deadly infectious disease into one that can be cured. But these medications have ...

If we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains ...

For many years, the American health care system has followed a simple model: Pay providers for the services they deliver. This fee-for-service model, still used today, pays providers based on the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CMS launched a value-based care model on Jan. 1 known as the TEAM model. It coordinates the care of patients on ...

In February 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new alternative payment model that would focus on the care of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing chemotherapy for cancer ...

Rising healthcare costs and a shortage of primary care providers in the United States create substantial strain on the healthcare system, underscoring the need for efficient allocation of limited ...

What if your doctor could prescribe an art class, a trip to a museum or park, or tickets to a show to help improve your mental health? As unconventional as this may sound, a model of care called ...