Patient-Centered Medical Home Initiative Produced Modest Economic Results For Veterans Health Administration, 2010–12
In 2010 the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) began a nationwide initiative called Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) that reorganized care at all VHA primary care clinics in accordance with the patient-centered medical home model. The researchers in this article published in Health Affairs analyzed data for fiscal years 2003–12 to assess how trends in health care use and costs changed after the implementation of PACT. They found that PACT was associated with “modest increases in primary care visits and with modest decreases in both hospitalizations for ambulatory care–sensitive conditions and outpatient visits with mental health specialists.” The researchers found that the PACT … Continue reading