Evaluation Of Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative Finds Hospital Admissions Down 2% & ER Visits Down 3%

During the first year of the Medicare Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPC), from October 2012 through December 2013, average hospital admissions among 316,000 Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) beneficiaries served by the participating physician practices dropped by 2.0% and average emergency department visits dropped by 3.0%. The CPC initiative extends and builds upon the patient-centered medical home concept (as defined in the Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, by ACP/AAFP/AAP/AAOP, by the NCQA and others) to include payment reform to support practice transformation, an explicit focus on accountability for total cost . . .