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Health Care Payment and Delivery Reform in Minnesota Medicaid


By Jennifer N. Edwards

Medicaid Payment and Delivery Reform in Colorado: ACOs at the Regional Level


By Diana Rodin, Sharon Silow-Carroll

Scaling Telehealth Programs: Lessons from Early Adopters


The Veterans Health Administration: Taking Home Telehealth Services to Scale Nationally


Partners HealthCare: Connecting Heart Failure Patients to Providers Through Remote Monitoring


Centura Health at Home: Home Telehealth as the Standard of Care


Gaining Ground: Care Management Programs to Reduce Hospital Admissions and Readmissions Among Chronically Ill and Vulnerable Patients


By Douglas McCarthy, Alexander (Sandy) Cohen, Marian Bihrle Johnson

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York's Choice Health Plans: Continuous Care Management for Dually Eligible Medicare and Medicaid Beneficiaries


By Douglas McCarthy, Marian Bihrle Johnson

The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center’s Asthma Improvement Collaborative: Enhancing Quality and Coordination of Care


By Douglas McCarthy, Alexander (Sandy) Cohen

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center: Reducing Readmissions Through Heart Failure Care Management


By Douglas McCarthy