Using a variety of data sources, this paper examines health care utilization patterns of Healthy San Francisco enrollees. The findings suggest that the program, designed to increase uninsured people's access to health care, is increasing access to primary care for participating adults, improving...

Three case studies of exemplar Primary Care Practice Facilitation training programs provide an overview of each program’s design and content, training approaches, format, administrative structure, funding, staffing and curriculum. The case studies were developed by Mathematica under a...

Launched in 2009, the Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Innovations project was a collaboration between physical and behavioral health managed care organizations and county behavioral health offices in Southeast and Southwest Pennsylvania to integrate physical and behavioral health care services for...

Launched in 2009, the Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Innovations project was a collaboration between physical and behavioral health managed care organizations and county behavioral health offices in Southeast and Southwest Pennsylvania to integrate physical and behavioral health care services for...

Employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) is the dominant source of coverage for nonelderly adults in the United States. Virtually all businesses with 200 or more workers offer coverage to at least some of their employees, whereas many small businesses do not offer it to any. An important reason...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new Evaluation Guide for designing real-world evaluations of interventions such as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and other models to improve primary care delivery. Effective primary care can improve health and cost...

A new brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality describes the importance of quality improvement in primary care and outlines external supports—which can be used alone or in combination—to assist primary care practices in improving quality.