Joint Principles for Accountable Care Organizations

The four national physician associations (the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, and Continue reading →

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative Launches Center for Accountable Care

The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) has launched a Center for Accountable Care (CAC) to serve as a collaborative bridge between the Continue reading →

George Washington University: Medicare’s Accountable Care Organization Regulations and Medically Underserved Communities

This policy brief from Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health examines Continue reading →

Health Management Associates: Accountable Care in the Safety Net

This discussion paper by Health Management Associates, commissioned by the Blue Shield Foundation of California and released in November 2010, Continue reading →

Health Partners First Health Plan to Receive NCQA Distinction in Multicultural Health Care

Philadelphia’s Health Partners is the first health plan to receive the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Distinction in Multicultural Health Continue reading →

CMS Abandons Medicare Medical Home Demonstration Program

In a quietly posted update on its website, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it Continue reading →

Federal Coordinated Health Care Office to Award Grants to 15 States

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Federal Coordinated Health Care Office has announced that fifteen states have been selected Continue reading →

San Francisco Human Rights Commission: Bisexual Invisibility

This recently released report from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission examines the overall invisibility of bisexual individuals.  The report Continue reading →