Evaluation of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

365076 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2018-05-31

Brief Summary

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This study assesses the effects of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative on physician practices, practice staff, Medicare and Medicaid costs and service utilization, quality of care, and patient outcomes. CPC provides financial resources, timely feedback on key practice outcomes, and a learning network to support practice transformation to improve quality of care and lower costs.

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Detailed Description

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CMS selected 7 regions (states or substate areas) to include in this study, based on commitment of other (ie, nonMedicare) payers in the area to provide financial resources to participating practices to support practice transformation to improve quality of care, reduce costs, and improve population health. 497 practices were selected from roughly 1000 applicants in the 7 regions to participate in the study. CMS pays participating practices a per member per month care management fee for each Medicare patient attributed to the practice. The practices also receive quarterly feedback on trends in their Medicare patients' use of hospital and emergency room services, Medicare expenditures, and patient outcomes from periodic surveys. Practices are expected to improve patient outcomes and lower Medicare costs per patient by using the additional resources to improve: risk-stratified care management, access and continuity of care, planned chronic and preventive care, patient and caregiver engagement, and coordination across the medical neighborhood. To remain in the study, practices must meet annual milestones for meaningful use of electronic health records and other practice features. The intervention period, which began in Fall 2012, will continue for 4 years.

Conditions

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Medicare Expenditures, Quality of Care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Treatment group

Practices assigned to the treatment group received per member per month care management fees for each Medicare beneficiary attributed to their practice. They also received quarterly feedback reports on their patients' average Medicare expenditures and use of hospital and emergency room services. Practices also had access to regional learning faculties for technical assistance with transformation activities and to share lessons across practices.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

care management fee

Intervention Type OTHER

for each Medicare beneficiary attributed to the practice, the practice received a monthly care management fee

feedback reports

Intervention Type OTHER

Each participating practice received quarterly reports showing the practice's trend in key outcomes during the pre-intervention and intervention periods. The risk adjusted average Medicare expenditures of their patients were also shown in relation to all of the other CPC practices in their region, and to those with a similar average risk profile. Unadjusted hospitalization rates and emergency room visits were also plotted over time and compared to those of other CPC practices in the region

technical assistance

Intervention Type OTHER

CPC practices could ask for technical assistance on transformation activities from a regional learning faculty (RLF). The RLF also provided seminars and other learning activities, as well as provided a forum for participating practices to share lessons they had learned.

Comparison group

Within each of the 7 regions, this group is comprised of practices that were matched to the treatment practices on a wide range of baseline characteristics of the practices (including their service utilization patterns) and their patients. Comparison practices were selected from a pool of practices including those that applied to participate but were not selected, and practices serving nearby external comparison areas.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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care management fee

for each Medicare beneficiary attributed to the practice, the practice received a monthly care management fee

Intervention Type OTHER

feedback reports

Each participating practice received quarterly reports showing the practice's trend in key outcomes during the pre-intervention and intervention periods. The risk adjusted average Medicare expenditures of their patients were also shown in relation to all of the other CPC practices in their region, and to those with a similar average risk profile. Unadjusted hospitalization rates and emergency room visits were also plotted over time and compared to those of other CPC practices in the region

Intervention Type OTHER

technical assistance

CPC practices could ask for technical assistance on transformation activities from a regional learning faculty (RLF). The RLF also provided seminars and other learning activities, as well as provided a forum for participating practices to share lessons they had learned.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Medicare beneficiary attributed to CPC practice or to a matched comparison practice. Patients are attributed to the practice from which they received the most E\&M visits during the 2-year period examined.