A new model of care delivery aimed at improving care for patients most at risk of being hospitalized is being assessed by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation based on its costs and outcomes.
Called the Comprehensive Care Physician model, this care delivery system is intended to give at-risk patients access to a physician who will care for them in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. The model is anticipated to reduce the need for costly efforts to coordinate care and simultaneously strengthen the patient-physician relationship, as well as the physician’s ownership of the patient’s care across settings.
Evidence concerning the effectiveness of the program is expected in 2016. Read more in a recent article in Health Affairs.
The AMA is dedicated to helping physicians navigate the evolving health care environment successfully by ensuring sustainable physician practices that result in good health outcomes for patients and greater professional satisfaction for physicians.
As part of its Professional Satisfaction and Practice Sustainability focus area, the AMA is developing practice-level solutions that, when applied collectively, will help enhance the practice of medicine for physicians and enable informed decision-making about the models of care delivery and payment in which they participate.
